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| | race= Colonial | | | race= Colonial |
| | type= Military | | | type= Military |
| | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid | | | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid |
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| {{disline|For the canonical version of ''Galactica'' from the [[Original Series]], see: [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'' (TOS)]].}} | | '''Battlestars''' are {{alt-r|Twelve Colonies of Man|Colonial}} warships built in direct response to the [[Thousand Yahren War|generational war]] with the {{alt-r|Cylon Empire}}. |
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| '''''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}}.
| | At the conclusion of that conflict in an [[alternate reality]], all battlestars constructed by the Colonials in this reality were destroyed either by or during the {{alt-r|Battle of Cimtar}}. |
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| == Abilities == | | ==Battlestars== |
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| 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}}.
| | Due to divergences between the primary and alternate reality that {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} and {{alt|Starbuck|TOS}} were flung into, the following are known battlestars that were named in {{comics|memorial}}. |
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| While Vipers are primarily used for reconnaissance patrols, ''Galactica'' also possesses unmanned probes, including those employing [[stealth probe|stealth]] {{comics|apocalypse|1}}. | | * ''{{inlineref|Pegasus}}''<ref>The presence of ''Pegasus'' and Apollo's journey aboard her suggest that the [[Battle of Molecay]] either did not occur or had a differing result.</ref>, destroyed by {{alt-r|Baltar}} himself while his aide {{alt-r|Apollo}} had been aboard ({{comics|vol2|5}}). |
| | * ''{{inlineref|Rycon}}'', {{alt-r|Adama}} served aboard her, but was denied a promotion and thus left the military service. It is presumed destroyed either before or at the Battle of Cimtar ({{comics|vol2|3}}). |
| | * Unnamed battlestar<ref>While one may assume that this is ''{{TOS|Atlantia}}'', given that this was {{alt|Adar|TOS|President Adar}}'s vessel in the primary timeline, this is neither confirmed nor denied in the issue. Battlestar Wiki thus errs on the side of caution, and does not presume to give name to the battlestar itself.</ref> commanded by {{alt-r|Tigh}}, which is also destroyed with all hands, save {{alt-r|Adama|President Adama}}'s ({{comics|vol2|3}}). |
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| == Locations == | | ==''Galactica''== |
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| === Core Command ===
| | [[File:BSGv2 - Galactica deploys its sensor shield.png|thumb|''Galactica'' deploys its [[sensor shield]] ({{comics|vol2|4}}).]] |
| 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}}.
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| The upper most tier of the command platform allows the operational commander to implement the ship's [[self-destruct]] sequence {{{{comics|vol1|5}}}}
| | ''{{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 Apollo and Starbuck witness ({{comics|vol2|1}}). |
| === Detention Chamber ===
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| 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]].
| | However, ''Galactica'' from the primary reality was transported—sans crew—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. |
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| 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 — along with most of the chamber — after a test of the recovered [[nano-cybrid]] {{comics|apocalypse|1}}.
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| === Launch Bay ===
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| [[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}}.]]
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| ''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.
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| [[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 ===
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| ''Galactica''{{'|s}} science operations are established on a {{inlineref|science deck}}, where scientists like Dr. {{alt|Wilker|TOS-DE}} operate in various laboratories.
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| 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}}.
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| === Server Room ===
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| ''Galactica'' utilizes [[bubble memory]] in its server room in {{alt|7335}} {{comics|starbuck|2}}.
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| 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}}—{{comics|starbuck|4|short=y}}.
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| === Supply Vault ===
| | Such discoveries include the defensive [[sensor shield]], rendering ''Galactica'' invisible to Cylon scanning technologies ({{comics|vol2|4}}). |
| ''Galactica'' features a {{Inlineref|supply vault}} that can be defended against incursions. | |
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| 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}}.
| | ''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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| == History ==
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| === The Thousand-Yahren War ===
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| 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}}.
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| 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}}.
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| === Fleeing the Cylon Tyranny ===
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| 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}}.
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| 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}}.
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| 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}}—{{comics|apocalypse|4|short=y}}.
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| ==A "Second" ''Galactica''==
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| [[File:BSGv2 - Galactica deploys its sensor shield.png|thumb|''Galactica'' deploys its [[sensor shield]] {{comics|vol2|4}}.]]
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| ''{{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}}.
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| However, ''Galactica'' from the primary reality was transported—sans crew—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.
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| Such discoveries include the defensive [[sensor shield]], rendering ''Galactica'' invisible to Cylon scanning technologies {{comics|vol2|4}}.
| | ==References== |
| | {{reflist}} |
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| ''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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| == References ==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| [[Category: A to Z]]
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| [[Category:Battlestars]] | | [[Category:Battlestars]] |
| [[Category:Battlestars (TOS)]] | | [[Category:Battlestars (TOS)]] |
