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{{Ship Data | {{Ship Data | ||
| image= Botanicalcruiser-front-cgi.jpg | | image= Botanicalcruiser-front-cgi.jpg | ||
| race= Colonial | | race= Colonial | ||
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| role= Botanical greenhouse;<br> Civilian transport;<br> Vacation spot. | | role= Botanical greenhouse;<br> Civilian transport;<br> Vacation spot. | ||
| status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Holocaust]], | | status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Holocaust]], 0 BCH.<br>One surviving ship scuttled, circa 4 ACH. | ||
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===Sublight Cruiser=== | ===Sublight Cruiser=== | ||
Newly-inaugurated President [[Laura Roslin]] visited the sublight-capable ''Botanical Cruiser'' while gathering a caravan from surviving civilian ships surrounding the colony of | 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]]. There she meets with the ship's captain and crew to determine their needs, and also meets a young girl named [[Cami]] and her grandmother who are traveling on the ship with many others, bound for [[Caprica City]]. However, the ship that Roslin visits lacks an [[FTL]] drive, and the [[FTL]] capable part of President Roslin's caravan of refugee ships are forced to leave ''Botanical Cruiser'' and many other [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series#Sublight propulsion|sublight]] ships behind when [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] discover and attack the caravan. It is destroyed along with the other left behind sublight ships {{TRS|Miniseries}}. | ||
===FTL Cruiser=== | ===FTL Cruiser=== | ||
Another ''Botanical Cruiser'', this one equipped with an FTL drive, survives the attacks and joins '' | Another ''Botanical Cruiser'', this one equipped with an FTL drive, survives the attacks and joins ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s [[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 | 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 | 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. It is the last vessel seen by Adama as his Viper exits the launch tube | 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. It is the last vessel seen by Adama as his Viper exits the launch tube ([[Daybreak, Part II]]). | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*The Botanical Cruiser was an homage to the [[Agro Ship]]s from the original '' | *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. | ||
*There are also at least [[Long-necked vessel|two vessels]] of similar design, though missing the botanical greenhouse domes, in ''Galactica'''s fleet seen orbiting [[New Caprica]] in [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]. One is destroyed in the ''[[Cloud 9]]'' disaster. The surviving vessel is regularly seen in the fleet throughout the Fourth Season. It is unclear if these vessels are related. | *There are also at least [[Long-necked vessel|two vessels]] of similar design, though missing the botanical greenhouse domes, in ''Galactica'''s fleet seen orbiting [[New Caprica]] in [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]. One is destroyed in the ''[[Cloud 9]]'' disaster. The surviving vessel is regularly seen in the fleet throughout the Fourth Season. It is unclear if these vessels are related. | ||
==Related Imagery == | ==Related Imagery == | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
Image:Bsg-botanical-cruiser-01.jpg|The ill-fated sublight ''Botanical Cruiser'', 5 hours from Caprica. | |||
Image:BotanicalInFleet.jpg|FTL capable ''Botanical Cruiser'', flying formation with ''Galactica''. | |||
Image:Screenshot (1849).png|The ''Botanical Cruiser'' sees ''Galactica'' off, as she prepares to jump away to the Cylon Colony. | |||
Image:Screenshot (1850).png|The final moments of the ''Botanical Cruiser'', and surviving fleet. | |||
Image:Screenshot (1851).png|Closeup of the ''Botanical Cruiser'', as seen from a Viper cockpit. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||