Editing Galactica (TOS-DE alternate)

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{{disline|For the canonical version of ''Galactica'' from the [[Original Series]], see: [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'' (TOS)]].}}

'''''Galactica''''' is one of the {{alt|Twelve Colonies of Man||Colonial}} warships built in direct response to the [[Thousand Yahren War|generational war]] with the {{alt|Cylons|TOS|Cylon Empire}}.

== Abilities ==

In addition to {{alt|Viper|TOS}} support, ''Galactica''{{'|s}} defensive and offensive potential includes energy shields, a battery of laser turrets and [[fusion missile]]s {{comics|vol2|11}}.

While Vipers are primarily used for reconnaissance patrols, ''Galactica'' also possesses unmanned probes, including those employing [[stealth probe|stealth]] {{comics|apocalypse|1}}.

== Locations ==

=== Core Command ===
Referred to by multiple terms, including {{Inlineref|bridge}} and {{Inlineref|command core}}, the central command nexus of ''Galactica'' coordinated not only internal ship operations but also the operations of the entire Fleet {{comics|vol2|6}}, {{comics|doa|4}}.

The upper most tier of the command platform allows the operational commander to implement the ship's [[self-destruct]] sequence ({{comics|vol1|5}})

=== Detention Chamber ===

As a military ship, ''Galactica'' features a {{inlineref|detention chamber}} capable of imprisoning {{alt|Centurion|TOS-DE}}s for interrogation, equipped with a [[gamma frequency field]] generator to cut off the enemy from access to the Cylon's network. The chamber is outfitted with a restraining chair capable of holding a typical [[Mark V Centurion]].

A sole survivor from a Centurion stealth team detached to [[Burania]] is imprisoned in the detention chamber following a failed incursion into ''Galactica''{{'|s}} [[science deck]], itself later destroyed &mdash; along with most of the chamber &mdash; after a test of the recovered [[nano-cybrid]] {{comics|apocalypse|1}}.

=== Launch Bay ===
[[File:BSG - Death of Apollo - Apollo in Launch Bay.png|thumb|321x321px|Major [[Apollo (TOS-DE alternate)|Apollo]] in one of ''[[Galactica (TOS-DE alternate)|Galactica]]''<nowiki/>'s launch bays circa [[7358 (alternate)|7358]] {{comics|doa|5}}.]]
''Galactica''<nowiki/>'s has two [[Launch bay|launch bays]], one port and one starboard, where the ship's various crafts are housed, maintained, launched and retrieved. The launch bays are accessible through one energy-shielded aperture aft of each pod.

[[Viper (TOS-DE alternate)|Vipers]] are [[Launch tube|launched from tubes]] that egress from the outermost edge of the ship's flight pods for rapid deployment. 
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=== Science Deck ===

''Galactica''{{'|s}} science operations are established on a {{inlineref|science deck}}, where scientists like Dr. {{alt|Wilker|TOS-DE}} operate in various laboratories.

A surviving [[nano-cybrid]] sample from [[Burania]] is brought to Wilker's lab, leading to an incursion by a {{alt|Centurion|TOS-DE}} stealth team that breaches the hull connecting said deck in an attempt to recover the disastrous [[nano-cybrid]] from Colonial hands {{comics|apocalypse|1}}.

=== Server Room ===

''Galactica'' utilizes [[bubble memory]] in its server room in {{alt|7335}} {{comics|starbuck|2}}. 

While {{alt|Boomer|TOS}} works to decrypt [[McKintosh]]'s data chip, {{TOS|Diana}} destroys part of the server room to prevent this, as the data chip contains information that links Councillor {{TOS|Osiris}} into the {{alt|attack on Umbra}} {{comics|starbuck|2}}&mdash;{{comics|starbuck|4|short=y}}.

=== Supply Vault ===
''Galactica'' features a {{Inlineref|supply vault}} that can be defended against incursions. 

During the [[Capture of Galactica|capture of ''Galactica'']] by {{Alt|Cylons|TOS-DE|Cylon}} forces, {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} instructs [[Dwyer]] to bring the civilians and children to the third hangar<ref>The comic misspells ''hangar'' as ''hanger''; the latter used in hanging clothes while the former holds ships.</ref> within the supply vault {{comics|vol1|5}}. 

== History ==

=== The Thousand-Yahren War ===

As one of the many battlestars active during the [[Thousand-Yahren War]], it saw action during multiple engagements, including the [[Hasari Routs]] and the [[Second Siege of the Cosmora Archipelago]] {{comics|apocalypse|1}}.

By {{alt|7335}}, {{alt|Adama|TOS}} commands ''Galactica'', with his eldest son and daughter, {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} and {{alt|Athena|TOS}} respectively, serving aboard. {{alt|Boomer|TOS}}, {{alt|Jolly|TOS}} and {{alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} would later serve aboard the ship following their graduation in 7335 {{comics|starbuck|1}}.

=== Fleeing the Cylon Tyranny ===

Much of ''Galactica''{{'|s}} operational history is refocused around shepherding its {{alt|the Fleet|TOS-DE|rag-tag, fugitive fleet}} from Cylons with strategically defensive and evasive postures, instead of offensive military operations. This is tested in the weeks following the exodus, particularly when {{Alt|Adama|TOS-DE}} dispatches his finest warriors to a hazardous mission to [[Maytoria]] that results in immediate failure; in other circumstances, Adama would have engaged in an offensive operation to recover his pilots, but is overruled by the greater mission of shepherding the human race {{comics|vol1|1}}.

The events of Maytoria result in the [[Capture of Galactica|first post-Cylon incursion of ''Galactica'']] that, while ultimately thwarted, result in the deaths of numerous members of ''Galactica''<nowiki/>'s crew {{comics|vol1|5}}.

Following the [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge]], the Fleet happens across the [[Canopus wormhole]], a potential shortcut to the fabled {{alt|Earth|TOS-DE}}. On the other side of this wormhole is a lone Cylon planet, consisting of a [[Cylon mainframe]] in a city known as [[Tessida]]. In order to make good on their escape from the Cylon tyranny, Adama makes use of ''Galactica''{{'|s}} formidable offensive potential to stage an attack against this installation, utilizing its rarely-used [[lightspeed]] potential in order to surprise the Cylons while Vipers bomb the city with weaponized missiles, whose warheads are outfitted with a destructive and pervasive [[nano-cybrid]] {{comics|apocalypse|3}}&mdash;{{comics|apocalypse|4|short=y}}.

==A "Second" ''Galactica''==

[[File:BSGv2 - Galactica deploys its sensor shield.png|thumb|''Galactica'' deploys its [[sensor shield]] {{comics|vol2|4}}.]]

''{{inlineref|Galactica}}'' was never commissioned in the [[alternate reality]] {{comics|vol2|3}}, as the divergent alternate reality's creation sprung from an overloaded [[temporal battery]], thus removing ''Galactica'' from all existence in a [[temporal storm]] that only {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} and {{alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} witness {{comics|vol2|1}}.

However, ''Galactica'' from the primary reality was transported&mdash;sans crew&mdash;into the alternate reality, becoming an incongruous element. It is discovered by pirates lead by the privateer {{alt-r|Starbuck}}, who claim it as their own. Aboard her, Starbuck's crew of scientists and technicians acquire Cylon components, including an [[Imperious Leader]], devising a variety of anti-Cylon technologies. 

Such discoveries include the defensive [[sensor shield]], rendering ''Galactica'' invisible to Cylon scanning technologies {{comics|vol2|4}}. 

''Galactica'' becomes the last known battlestar that [[Baltifer]] hunts for and nearly succeeds in finding, resulting in the [[Battle of Cache]]. After the temporally displaced Starbuck influences his alternate, ''Galactica'' becomes the lynchpin that allows not only the [[Colonial Resistance]] to seize its first decisive victory, but to repair history by saving ''itself'' from the [[Nebula Ambush]] {{comics|vol2|5}}.

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