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{{disline|For information on the [[Re-imagined Series]] ship, see [[Gemini (RDM)]].}}
:''For information on the [[Re-imagined Series]] ship, see [[Gemini (RDM)]].''
 


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''Gemini'' is one of the [[The Fleet (TOS)|220 ships]] that flees the Colonies following the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. Formerly a freighter, many survivors fled to the ship and create tenements within the freight containers loaded in its bays.
The ''Gemini'' appears in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as the ship where [[Cassiopeia]] is rescued in. Refugees are primarily from the [[Gemenon]] Colony and are living in the ship's freight containers. The freighter is one of several ships suspected of having a solium leak ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
 
== [[Original Series]] ==
 
Refugees are primarily from [[The Twelve Colonies of Man#Gemoni|Gemoni]] and are living in the ship's freight containers. The freighter is one of several ships suspected of having a [[solium]] leak, which led to the rescue of [[Cassiopeia]] and the fact that [[Sire]] [[Uri]] was greedily hoarding supplies onboard the luxury liner ''[[Rising Star]]''. It would later travel to [[Carillon]] and remain in orbit over the planet until Carillon's [[Battle of Carillon|destruction]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.
 
{{TOS|Adama}} is forced to pay a visit to ''Gemini'' in order to attempt to woo [[Siress]] [[Belloby]] in exchange for an [[energizer]] she owns that he hopes to trade for [[agro]] supplies {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}.
 
[[Count]] [[Iblis]] plays the part of demagogue aboard ''Gemini'', promising food to the hungry masses in exchange for their support. After securing their allegiance word comes in that the [[Agro Ship]] was seeing a miraculous crop appear {{OS|War of the Gods, Part I}}.
 
=== Interior ===
The interior of the freighter consists primarily of storage bays with containers, although the ship does have living quarters and other compartments.  


=== Siress Belloby's Compartment ===
[[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] pays a visit to the ''Gemini'' in order to attempt to woo Siress [[Belloby]] in exchange for an [[energizer]] she owns that he hopes to trade for [[agro]] supplies ([[The Magnificent Warriors]]).
Unlike a majority of survivors, [[Siress]] [[Belloby]] has her own compartment outside of the container tenements, accessible through a corridor festooned with various detritus of components and equipment. She subsequently vacates the compartment upon resettling in the [[agro colony]] [[Serenity]] upon [[Sectar (planet)|Sectar]] {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}.<gallery>
File:TOS - TMW - Belloby's Quarters.jpg|Siress Belloby in her quarters {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}.
File:TOS - TMW - Gemini Corridor 1.jpg|Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], accompanied by Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]], is escorted to the [[Siress]]' quarters {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}.
File:TOS - TMW - Gemini Corridor 2.jpg|Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], accompanied by Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]], is reconsidering his visitation to the [[Siress]] before her quarters' door {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}.
File:TOS - TMW - Gemini Corridor 3.jpg|Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] and Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] wait just outside the [[Siress]]' quarters {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}.
File:TOS - TMW - Gemini Corridor 4.jpg|Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] following [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] through the corridor, away from the [[Siress]]' quarters {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}.
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=== Maintenance and Engineering Areas ===
Count [[Iblis]] plays the part of demagogue aboard the ''Gemini'', promising food to the hungry masses in exchange for their support. After securing their allegiance word comes in that the [[Agro Ship]] was seeing a miraculous crop appear ([[War of the Gods, Part I]]).
Following the exodus from the Colonies, Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Beta company|Beta Company]] crawl along the "outside" of the freighter in search of [[solium]] leaks. Such areas consist of various conduits, pipes, and industrial equipment {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.


== ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' ==
An identical freighter, with the same markings (including the name ''Gemini'' on the hull) is shown in the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' episode, "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]."  It is referred to as the ''Delphi'', but is clearly stock footage from "[[Saga of a Star World]]."
 
The freighter ''Gemini'' survives the journey to [[Earth (1980)|Earth]]. As news spread of their discover, [[Dillon]] walks through the ship, greeting survivors and telling them "we've made it" en route to [[Troy (1980)|Troy]]'s quarters.<ref>In the opening scenes where [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] does a voiceover telling them of children born in deep space and how [[Doctor Zee]] is a "cerebral mutation," Dillon is seen walking through the makeshift habitations from storage crates in the set previously used to depict the ''Gemini'' in "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and "[[War of the Gods, Part I]]" of the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}}.</ref>
 
Apparently, Troy lives aboard this ship, as he is packing his personal effects, including a picture of him with his parents, [[Serina]] and {{TOS|Apollo}} {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.
 
== Notes ==
 
=== Appearances ===
 
* An identical freighter, with the same markings (including the name ''Gemini'' on the hull) is shown in the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' episode "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]."  It is referred to as ''[[Delphi (ship)|Delphi]]'', but this is clearly stock footage from "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
* This freighter appears in the [[Galactica 1980 4|fourth issue of the re-imagined ''Galactica 1980'']] comic book series released by [[Dynamite Entertainment]]. ''Gemini'' is referred to as a [[planetary expeditionary vehicle]] ("PEV") carrier.
 
=== Behind the Scenes ===
 
With sets being built last-minute during shooting of "[[Saga of a Star World]]," [[Richard Colla]] made use of his theater background and devised what is likely one of the most simplistic sets seen in the [[Original Series]].
 
The interior sets of the ship were filmed in Stage 12 at [[w:California|California]]'s [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]], using forty-foot shipping containers stacked on top of each other and using green beds<ref>"Green beds" are industry terminology for scaffolding suspended by chains above sets, from which movie lights are mounted.</ref> for ramps.<ref name="galtv">{{cite_web|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978-interviews/richard-colla-galactica.tv-interview.html|title=Richard Colla GALACTICA.TV interview|date=29 April 2008|accessdate=2 June 2019|last=Egnor|first=Mike|format=|language=}}</ref>
 
To show a sense of scale and depth, [[Richard Colla]] not only had footage shot using 300 to 600 millimeter lenses but also used smoke machines.<ref name="galtv"/>
 
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