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:''This article covers the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-Imagined Series]] launch tubes. For their [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Launch tube (TOS)]].'' | |||
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'''Launch tubes''' are specially designed airlocks used to quickly catapult | '''Launch tubes''' are specially designed airlocks used to quickly catapult [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and [[Blackbird|other similar craft]] from their parent vessel and into space. | ||
=== Design and Operations === | |||
Launch tubes are about 170 feet in length ("[[The Plan]]"), and are triangular in design, built specifically for Colonial Vipers. They utilize magcelerators, or "mag cats" for short, that attach to a Viper's forward landing strut, which use magnetic fields to propel a Viper down the tube, and into space. By using external energy instead of the Viper's own boosters, this process preserves the Viper's crucial fuel supply, which allows the pilot to stay in combat longer. Each launch tube is watched over by a Launch Supervisor who determines if a Viper is ready to be launched, and if a problem arises, calls the launch off, has the Viper pulled from the tube, and closes the air tight doors ("[[Miniseries]]"). If the Viper is cleared for launch, the Supervisor presses a button, which releases the mag cat, and the Viper is thrown down the tube, into space. | |||
Launch tubes are about 170 feet in length | |||
=== Launch Procedure === | === Launch Procedure === | ||
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After Vipers are moved into the airlock by ship's deckhands, the blast doors are sealed, and the pilot begins working down their pre-flight checklist, as follows: | After Vipers are moved into the airlock by ship's deckhands, the blast doors are sealed, and the pilot begins working down their pre-flight checklist, which is as follows: | ||
1. Pre Flight | 1. Pre Flight | ||
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Area.......................................................... <span style="background-color:#ff0000">Clear</span><br/> Blast Doors................................................ Open<br/> Heads Up Display........................................ On<br/> Tag/Nav..................................................... <span style="background-color:#3366ff">To Active</span><br/> Flaps......................................................... 15 Degree Down Angle<br/> Engines..................................................... 85%<br/> Assume Launch Position.............................. Okay<br/> LSO Launch Signal...................................... Okay<br/> Master Condition Cold Shot Warning............. <span style="background-color:#ff0000">Set</span> | Area.......................................................... <span style="background-color:#ff0000">Clear</span><br/> Blast Doors................................................ Open<br/> Heads Up Display........................................ On<br/> Tag/Nav..................................................... <span style="background-color:#3366ff">To Active</span><br/> Flaps......................................................... 15 Degree Down Angle<br/> Engines..................................................... 85%<br/> Assume Launch Position.............................. Okay<br/> LSO Launch Signal...................................... Okay<br/> Master Condition Cold Shot Warning............. <span style="background-color:#ff0000">Set</span> | ||
After this list is cleared, the | After this list is cleared, the Launch Supervisor checks and clears the Viper's vitals, then communicates to the pilot that the launch is about to occur. An example of this would be: "Viper three-zero-two-one/''[[Yashuman]]'', clear forward, nav-con green, interval check, thrust positive and steady. Mag-cat engaged. Good hunting". After which, the Viper is launched, and the process begins anew when another Viper is loaded for launch. | ||
===Alert Fighters=== | ===Alert Fighters=== | ||
If the parent vessel faces a combat situation, [[ | If the parent vessel faces a combat situation, [[Alert Fighters]] are placed in the tubes, powered up, ready and awaiting for launch at a moments notice. They are meant to provide immediate backup for the [[Combat Air Patrol]] should an enemy appear, while the remaining Vipers are prepped and cleared for launch. | ||
===Other Uses=== | ===Other Uses=== | ||
[[ | [[Image:Screenshot (103).png|thumb|left|''Galactica'' deckhand James "Jammer" Lyman is executed.]] | ||
Designed to launch fighters into space, launch tubes have been used for other, nefarious, purposes. Most infamously as a means of burial in space ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]"), or as a form of execution ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]" "[[Collaborators]]", "[[The Ties That Bind]]"). | |||
Following Admiral [[William Adama]]'s plans to abandon ''Galactica'', the Colonials | Following Admiral [[William Adama]]'s plans to abandon ''Galactica'', the Colonials planned to scrap the mag cats in the launch tubes and re-purpose them as auto loaders in the Civilian Fleet. However, Specialist [[Dealino]] expressed that the thought of removing them was akin to "Tearing the Ol' Girl's guts out". [[Lee Adama]] agreed, and assured they'll be the last pieces removed before "Turning off the lights, and letting the Ol' Girl die in peace" ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I]]"). | ||
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== | == See Also == | ||
*[[Flight pod]] | *[[Flight pod]] | ||
*[[Landing bay]] | *[[Landing bay]] | ||
*[[Hangar deck]] | *[[Hangar deck]] | ||
[[ | == Notes == | ||
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[[ | *"[[Final Cut]]" is a rare episode in which the camera actually follows Vipers as they are wheeled from the middle of the hangar deck and loaded into launch tubes, then take off. | ||
[[ | *Sets for the launch tube are modified and reused for the [[Airlock]] set seen in "[[A Day in the Life]]", as denoted by the doors and control station which [[Diana Seelix|Seelix]] mans in this episode. "[[Final Cut]]" also sees the control room set reused for the flight pod control during Kat's crash landing. | ||
[[ | *At least the launch tubes and airlocks on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' are not fully integrated into the internal security system. While they can be remote controlled from [[Aft Damage Control]], there is no alarm when they are used locally ("[[Valley of Darkness]]", "[[Collaborators]]", "[[A Day in the Life]]", "[[The Ties That Bind]]"). This is different on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', where the airlocks are integrated into the internal security system ([[Razor]]). | ||
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