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| {{disline|This article covers the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} launch tubes. For their [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|reimagined]] counterpart, see [[Launch tube (RDM)]].}}
| | ''This article covers the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] launch tubes. For their [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|reimagined]] counterpart, see [[Launch tubes]].'' |
| | | [[Image:Launchtubefront.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] ready to launch ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]] |
| [[File:Launch Tube Interior - Front.png|thumb|right|A {{TOS|Viper}} ready to launch {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.]] | | {{stub}} |
| '''Launch tubes''' are the primary mechanism for launching the {{TOS|Viper}} fighter craft from a [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]].
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| A battlestar's launch tubes are located within the two quasi- cylindrical nacelle pods located to the port and starboard. Each nacelle has 16 launch tubes, which are slanted towards the battlestar's aft. Designed solely for Viper craft, each tube has a track in the [[launch bay]] where the Viper sits prior to launch.
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| Vipers are loaded into an embarkation area at the inner-most end of the tube during pre-flight prep, and are launched when the pilot is given the "Launch when ready" command. Once inside the sealed tube, the pilot initiates the launch by activating the [[Turbo|turbo thrusters]] on the Viper. This quickly accelerates the Viper, slamming the pilot into the back of their seat and sending the fighter through the length of the launch tube into the stars.
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| Launch tubes are equipped with surveillance equipment that is accessible from [[core command]]. {{TOS|Athena}} uses the camera to catch {{TOS|Starbuck}} and [[Cassiopeia]] seeking some privacy in a launch tube. Athena activates a steam purge, which is likely intended for maintenance purposes more than for burning unfaithful Viper pilots {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}.
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| The interior of the launch tubes are well shielded, presumably to handle any backwash from a Viper's engines. This is evident when [[Chameleon]] fires a laser volley from Starbuck's Viper into the launch tube, after Starbuck lures two [[Borellian Nomen]], [[Maga]] and [[Bora]], into the tube without major structural damage {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}.
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| ==Related Images== | | ==Related Images== |
| <gallery mode="slideshow"> | | <gallery> |
| File:Launch Tube Interior - Back.png|A Viper launching.
| | Image:Launchtuberear.jpg|A Viper launching. |
| File:Viper Accelerating Down Launch Tube.png|Viper accelerating down its launch tube.
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| File:TOS - TMWNL - Starbuck Enters the Launch Tube.jpg|{{TOS|Starbuck}} leads two [[Borellian Nomen]] down a {{TOS|launch tube}} {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}.
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| File:TOS - TMWNL - Launch Tube.jpg|[[Maga]] and [[Bora]] hunt for {{TOS|Starbuck}} down a {{TOS|launch tube}} {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}.
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| </gallery> | | </gallery> |
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