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:''For the unnamed original class, to which ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' belongs, see [[Galactica type battlestar]].''
{{Ship Data|
  image= BSPegasus.jpg
| title= ''マーキュリー''・クラス・バトルスター
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Unknown (at least 2,450)
| role= Capital battleship/carrier
| weapons= Primary and point-defense [[KEW|Kinetic Energy Weapons]], conventional missiles, nuclear warheads, Vipers, Raptors
| status= 最後に確認されているマ-キュリー・クラスは[[Battle of New Caprica|ニュー・カプリカの戦闘(Battle of New Caprica)]]で破壊された。
}}

The '''''Mercury'' class battlestar''' is an advanced Colonial capital warship/carrier introduced into the [[Colonial Fleet]] sometime after the First [[Cylon War]]. 

==Overview==
[[Cylon War|サイロン戦争(Cylon War)]]終結後、[[Galactica type battlestar|従来のバトルスター(original battlestars)]]が使用され続ける中、新たなバトルスターが建造された。新造艦の数は着々と増加し艦隊(the Colonial Fleet)には総計120隻の艦が配備されるまでになた。新型には戦時中には禁止されていたコンピュータのネットワーク接続などの技術が取り入れられた{{TRS|Miniseries}}。 

A ''Mercury'' class battlestar sports several features not found aboard ''Galactica'' such as automated sliding doorways and basic computer recognition stations at vital areas.  At the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], a ''Mercury'' class battlestar was a top-of-the-line vessel.

The physical appearance of the ''Mercury'' class is different than that of the original battlestar.  The "neck" section is smaller, and the ''Mercury'' class is equipped with eight [[sublight]] engine pods, compared the older class's four.  These are also more "boxy" in appearance than those of the original. The [[flight pod]]s also appear to have two entrances each, above and below the mid-line. Combined with computer assisted landing, this gives the ''Mercury'' class a faster rate of Viper recovery than ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''.  Unlike ''Galactica'', ''Pegasus'' appears to have a full armor "skin," but in ''Galactica''{{'|s}} case this may have been deliberately removed prior to its scheduled decommissioning.

This, probably the largest of the battlestars, may be able to carry a maximum of 180 [[Viper Mark VII]] fighters (six to eight squadrons and one reserve squadron)<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine," June/July 2006, page 56.</ref>.

The gun batteries on the ''Mercury'' class are arranged very differently from ''Galactica''{{'|s}}. Where as ''Galactica''{{'|s}} large guns are clustered along her top side, with secondary batteries concentrated along the flight pods, the guns of the ''Mercury'' class are found all over the ship {{TRS|The Captain's Hand}}. The greatest concentration of large turrets are found along the side of the ship, within the valley created by the upper and lower halves of the hull, including the flight pods. Four are mounted on the underside of the upper hull on the ship's bow, below which sits four non-turreted large guns; these form the main forward batteries. Two more turrets are mounted on the front and back of each flight pod. The ''Mercury'' class's secondary guns are distributed all over the ship and do not clearly emerge from the hull like ''Galactica''{{'|s}}.   

[[Image:Pegasus01.jpg|right|thumb|''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from fore and below, with the Fleet in the background]] [[Image:Pegasus_Hi-Res_1a.jpg|right|thumb|[[Viper (RDM)|Mark VII Vipers]] landing in ''Pegasus''' port flight pod]]
[[Image:Pegasus_Hi-Res_5a.jpg|right|thumb|Some of ''Pegasus''' [[Kinetic Energy Weapon|batteries]]]]
[[Image:Pegasus-Comparison.png|right|thumb|Comparison of [[Battlestar (TOS)|original series battlestar]] and ''Mercury'' class]]

Based on figures from the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," the standard crew complement of a ''Mercury'' class battlestar is in excess of 2,500.

In addition to having better armament and weapons than ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', the ''Mercury'' class battlestar has production facilities to build new [[Viper (RDM)|Viper Mark VIIs]] from basic resources {{TRS|Scar}}.

Unlike ''Galactica'', which must retract her flight pods to execute a [[FTL|jump]], the ''Mercury'' class battlestar's flight pods are fixed in place and do not retract during a jump {{TRS|The Captain's Hand}}. This suggests that a ''Mercury'' class battlestar's jump system is more advanced than the older battlestar.

== 確認されている''マーキュリー''・クラス・バトルスター ==
*バトルスター・''[[Mercury|マーキュリー(Mercury)]]'' (for which it is presumed the class is named)
*バトルスター・''[[Pegasus (RDM)|ペガサス(Pegasus)]]''

== Notes ==
The shape of the ''Mercury'' class resembles the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] more than the Re-imagined Series' ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''. Its engine pods number eight, compared to ''Galactica'''s six engine pods. The pods aboard the ''Mercury'' class battlestar appear more directly integrated with its rear section, and its flight pods share the original angular shape. 

The visual effects artist of the re-imagined ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', Jose A. Perez, has commented that, "The new design was somewhat of a cross between the look of the [[TOS|old class]] [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestars]], and yet with elements of the [[Galactica (TRS)|new one]]. Aside from that, it has mostly hull plating (to absorb more damage) , as opposed to the ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' which has more ribbing."
Mr. Perez also commented that, "The harder edges [ of the ''{{RDM|Pegasus}}'' ] were intentional as well, to match the interior style of the sets more."

==References==
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