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{{Separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Berkley Novelizations}} | |||
The '''grid barge''' is a prison vessel within [[The Fleet (TOS-BN)|the Colonial fleet]].<ref name="STG120">{{cite book|last=Larson|first=Glen A.|coauthors=[[Robert Thurston|Thurston, Robert]]|authorlink=Glen A. Larson|title=[[Surrender the Galactica!]]|publisher=Ace Books|month=January|year=1988|pages=120}}</ref> | The '''grid barge''' is a prison vessel within [[The Fleet (TOS-BN)|the Colonial fleet]].<ref name="STG120">{{cite book|last=Larson|first=Glen A.|coauthors=[[Robert Thurston|Thurston, Robert]]|authorlink=Glen A. Larson|title=[[Surrender the Galactica!]]|publisher=Ace Books|month=January|year=1988|pages=120}}</ref> | ||
== Function == | |||
The grid barge serves as a correctional facility for convicted criminals within the fleet. Ex-convicts from the grid barge often seek refuge aboard less-regulated vessels where their past records are not scrutinized.<ref name="STG120" /> | The grid barge serves as a correctional facility for convicted criminals within the fleet. Ex-convicts from the grid barge often seek refuge aboard less-regulated vessels where their past records are not scrutinized.<ref name="STG120" /> | ||
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== Known inmates == | == Known inmates == | ||
[[Baltar (TOS-BN)|Baltar]] and [[Lucifer (TOS-BN)|Lucifer]] use the grid barge as part of their cover story when attempting to infiltrate ''[[Galactica (TOS-BN)|Galactica]]'' through the theater troupe. When questioned by | [[Baltar (TOS-BN)|Baltar]] and [[Lucifer (TOS-BN)|Lucifer]] use the grid barge as part of their cover story when attempting to infiltrate ''[[Galactica (TOS-BN)|Galactica]]'' through the theater troupe. When questioned by [[Captain Ironhand (TOS-BN)|Captain Ironhand]] of the ''[[Broadside (TOS-BN)|Broadside]]'' about their origins, Baltar claims that he and his companion "have been in the grid barge" when pressed about being "from trouble."<ref name="STG120" /> Ironhand accepts this explanation readily, noting that most of his crew are either "ex-cons from the grid barge or fugitives from justice."<ref name="STG120" /> | ||
Later, when joining [[Dwybolt (TOS-BN)|Dwybolt]]'s theater troupe, Baltar again employs this cover story, telling the impresario that he and Lucifer have "been a long time between engagements" and reveals "frankly, we've been in the grid barge."<ref name="STG131">{{cite book|last=Larson|first=Glen A.|coauthors=[[Robert Thurston|Thurston, Robert]]|authorlink=Glen A. Larson|title=[[Surrender the Galactica!]]|publisher=Ace Books|month=January|year=1988|pages=131}}</ref> Dwybolt responds positively to this admission, noting that he likes "to give employment to the functionally unemployable" and that "actors are kind of outside society, too."<ref name="STG131" /> | Later, when joining [[Dwybolt (TOS-BN)|Dwybolt]]'s theater troupe, Baltar again employs this cover story, telling the impresario that he and Lucifer have "been a long time between engagements" and reveals "frankly, we've been in the grid barge."<ref name="STG131">{{cite book|last=Larson|first=Glen A.|coauthors=[[Robert Thurston|Thurston, Robert]]|authorlink=Glen A. Larson|title=[[Surrender the Galactica!]]|publisher=Ace Books|month=January|year=1988|pages=131}}</ref> Dwybolt responds positively to this admission, noting that he likes "to give employment to the functionally unemployable" and that "actors are kind of outside society, too."<ref name="STG131" /> | ||