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'''Class-D nuclear warheads''' are a type of nuclear weapon used by [[battlestar]]s and their [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadrons. | '''Class-D nuclear warheads''' are a type of nuclear weapon used by [[battlestar]]s and their [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadrons. | ||
After news of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]] and the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]], Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] orders a desperate search through Fleet database records for munitions depots to rearm | After news of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]] and the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]], Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] orders a desperate search through Fleet database records for munitions depots to rearm the battlestar (whose own weapons were [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Miniseries|destroyed as part of her scheduled decommissioning]]). | ||
Little else is noted about the weapons, except that Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]]'s records indicate that 50 pallets of these warheads are kept at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] along with [[missile tubes|missiles]] and [[small arms]] ammunition | Little else is noted about the weapons, except that Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]]'s records indicate that 50 pallets of these warheads are kept at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] along with [[missile tubes|missiles]] and [[small arms]] ammunition ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries, Night 1]]"). | ||
== Use of Colonial nuclear weapons == | == Use of Colonial nuclear weapons == | ||
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Insufficient information exists as to whether the other nuclear warheads seen through the series are also Class-D or of some other type. It is probable, but not verifiable, that ''[[Pegasus (TRS)|Pegasus]]'' gave some of these weapons to ''Galactica'', when the two battlestars pooled their resources. | Insufficient information exists as to whether the other nuclear warheads seen through the series are also Class-D or of some other type. It is probable, but not verifiable, that ''[[Pegasus (TRS)|Pegasus]]'' gave some of these weapons to ''Galactica'', when the two battlestars pooled their resources. | ||
*One warhead is given to [[Gaius Baltar]] for his [[Cylon detector]] | *One warhead is given to [[Gaius Baltar]] for his [[Cylon detector]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]"), which he later hands over to [[Gina Inviere]] and the [[Demand Peace]] movement. In her depression, Inviere detonates the warhead, destroying ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and several other civilian ships ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"). | ||
*''Galactica'' herself | *''Galactica'' herself deploys and arms (but never fires) several nuclear missiles in a standoff against a Cylon expedition to the [[algae planet]] and the [[Temple of Five]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]"). | ||
*A strike team from ''Pegasus'' takes a nuclear warhead to the [[Guardian basestar]] and subsequently destroys it {{TRS|Razor}}. | *A strike team from ''Pegasus'' takes a nuclear warhead to the [[Guardian basestar]] and subsequently destroys it {{TRS|Razor}}. | ||