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| | [[Image:Bsg-botanical-cruiser-01.jpg|thumb|The ill-fated Botanical Cruiser]] |
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| | 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. |
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| | role= Botanical greenhouse;<br> Civilian transport;<br> Vacation spot.
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| | status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Holocaust]], {{BCH|0}}.<br>One surviving ship scuttled, circa 4 ACH.
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| '''Botanical Cruisers''' are ships with bio domes that serve as civilian transports, possible vacation spots, or are used as greenhouses for specialty food or plant-matter production. | |
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| ===Sublight Cruiser===
| | 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 ([[Mini-series]]). |
| Newly-inaugurated President [[Laura Roslin]] visited the sublight-capable ''Botanical Cruiser'' while gathering a caravan from surviving civilian ships surrounding the colony of {{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}}.
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| ===FTL Cruiser===
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| Another ''Botanical Cruiser'', this one equipped with an FTL drive, survives the attacks and joins ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'''s [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] {{TRS|33}}.
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| 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 {{TRS|The Passage}}.
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| 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]]'' {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me|Guess What's Coming to Dinner}}.
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| The vessel would still remain with the fleet until the finding of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where it, along with the other remaining vessels would be sent into the sun, Sol. It is the last vessel seen by Admiral [[William Adama]] as his [[Viper 7242|Viper]] exits the launch tube {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.
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| == Notes == | | == Notes == |
| * The interior of the sublight ''Botanical Cruiser'' in the [[Miniseries]] was filmed at the [[w:Bloedel Conservatory|Bloedel Conservatory]], located in [[w:Queen Elizabeth Park, British Columbia|Queen Elizabeth Park]] atop Vancouver's highest point, at 4600 Cambie Street (east park entrance at 33rd Avenue and Ontario Street), Vancouver, British Columbia.<ref group="production" name="suwalski_bsg_bloedel_conservatory_miniseries">{{cite web|url=http://pat.suwalski.net/film/bsg-locations/#:~:text=A%20receptionist%20at%20the%20Conservatory%20verified%20this%20location|title=BSG – Season 1 Locations|author=Pat Suwalski|date=2005|accessdate=30 May 2026}}</ref><ref group="production" name="battlestarlocations_pdf_botanical_cruiser_bloedel">{{cite web|url=http://www.battlestarlocations.com/uploads/8/1/0/8/8108293/battlestar_galactica_locations_guide.pdf#:~:text=Botanical%20Cruiser%2C%20Bloedel%20Floral%20Conservatory%2C%20Cambie%20Street|title=Battlestar Galactica Locations Guide|publisher=battlestarlocations.com|accessdate=30 May 2026}}</ref> The only set piece added was the bench on which the young girl sits; the roof of the dome was modified in post-production to show a large window into space. Constructed through a donation from Prentice Bloedel and opened December 6, 1969 as Vancouver's Canadian Centennial project, the Conservatory is a triodetic dome built from 1,490 plexiglass bubbles set into a 2,324-piece aluminum framework, standing 70 feet at its apex. It holds City of Vancouver Class-A Heritage Building status and is listed on the [[w:Canadian Register of Historic Places|Canadian Register of Historic Places]].<ref group="production" name="bloedel_wordpress_history_heritage_dome">{{cite web|url=https://bloedel.wordpress.com/category/history/#:~:text=1%2C490%20plexiglass%20%27bubbles%27%20set%20into%20a%202%2C324%20piece%20aluminum%20framework|title=History – Bloedel Conservatory|publisher=Bloedel Conservatory|accessdate=30 May 2026}}</ref><ref group="production" name="cityofvancouver_bloedel_donation_heritage">{{cite web|url=https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/bloedel-conservatory.aspx#:~:text=generous%20donation%20from%20Prentice%20Bloedel|title=Bloedel Conservatory|publisher=City of Vancouver|accessdate=30 May 2026}}</ref>
| | [[Image:BotanicalInFleet.jpg|right|thumb|At least one [[FTL]]-capible ''Botanical Cruiser'' (lower left) escaped the Cylon holocaust.]] |
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| * The ''Botanical Cruiser'' was an homage to the [[Agro Ship]]s from the original ''{{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica}}'', which themselves were re-used models of the botanical spacecraft from the film ''[[Silent Running]]'' (1972), a Universal/MCA production that special effects designer [[John Dykstra]] worked on before joining the Original Series.
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| * 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.
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| ==Related Imagery ==
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| File:Bsg-botanical-cruiser-01.jpg|The ill-fated sublight ''Botanical Cruiser'', 5 hours from Caprica.
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| File:BotanicalInFleet.jpg|FTL capable ''Botanical Cruiser'', flying formation with ''Galactica''.
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| File:Screenshot (1849).png|The ''Botanical Cruiser'' sees ''Galactica'' off, as she prepares to jump away to the Cylon Colony.
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| File:Screenshot (1850).png|The final moments of the ''Botanical Cruiser'', and surviving fleet.
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| File:Screenshot (1851).png|Closeup of the ''Botanical Cruiser'', as seen from a Viper cockpit.
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| </gallery>
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| == References ==
| | The Botanical Cruiser was an homage to the [[Agro Ship|Agro Ships]] from the original <i>[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)]]</i>, which themselves were re-used models from the botanical spacecraft from the movie [[IMDB:Silent Running|<i>Silent Running</i>]], a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[Dykstra, John|John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior to the Original Series. |
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| === Production ===
| | 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 Mini Series, primarily the infamous FTL jump scene have also put the Botanical Cruiser in the fleet. |
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