Editing Prison Barge

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| image= tos-prison-barge.jpg
| title= Prison Barge
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| role= Prisoner transport
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The Colonials flew an old-style class of liner relegated to support roles or adopted as cargo transports.

Following the destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]], however, at least one of these old vessels is transformed into a '''prison barge''', where criminals were detained.

Prisoners on such a vessel are sometimes disparagingly referred to as [[Prison Barge inmates|barge lice]]. Ownership of security operations is overseen by [[Council Security]] {{OS|Baltar's Escape}}.  

== Usage ==
Following the discovery of a [[Ravashol pulsar|devastating long-range weapon]] on the ice planet [[Arcta]], ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''<nowiki/>'s computers are tasked with searching for those experienced with such conditions, with four of them found on the Barge: [[Croft]], [[Leda]], [[Thane]], and [[Wolfe]] {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I}}.

Upon visiting the Fleet, [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] is detained by Count [[Iblis]] and the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]], and sentenced to the Barge. He is later visited there by Iblis, where Baltar comes to the conclusion that Iblis had a hand in the start of the [[Thousand-Yahren War]] {{OS|War of the Gods, Part II}}. During his stay, Baltar is briefly released by Apollo as a lure to draw out [[Karibdis]] {{OS|Murder on the Rising Star}}, but is assigned mess duty {{OS|Baltar's Escape}}.

[[Maga]], along with his subordinates [[Bora]] and [[Taba]], are incarcerated aboard as a result of their failed [[blood hunt]] for [[Chameleon]] {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}. 

The [[Eastern Alliance enforcers]] led by Commandant [[Leiter]] that were captured on [[Paradeen]] are briefly incarcerated aboard the Barge. As a result of Sire [[Domra]]'s ill-advised attempt to negotiate with Leiter, he and his enforcers align with Baltar and the [[Borellian Nomen]] trio to escape; all but Baltar are successful {{OS|Baltar's Escape}}. Baltar later negotiates his freedom in return for providing assistance on attacking a [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge|lone Cylon basestar]] {{OS|The Hand of God}}. 

== Sections ==
The Prison Barge features numerous amenities for its inmates. In addition to solitary cells, some of which are located on Epsilon deck, Beta deck is the location of the ship's mess hall, {{inlineref|Mess Alpha|bold=N}} {{OS|Baltar's Escape}}.

The ship's docking bay is in an aperture on the underside of the Barge {{OS|Murder on the Rising Star|Baltar's Escape}}. 

An armory and storage area are aboard, where the prisoners' possessions are kept following their intake; the Nomen and Eastern Alliance enforcers make use of this to acquire their equipment, clothing, [[Laser rifle|laser rifles]], and [[laser bola]] {{OS|Baltar's Escape}}.

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery mode="slideshow">
File:TOS - GOIPZ1 - Prison Barge Convicts.jpg|A quartet of [[Prison Barge inmates]] chosen for a mission on [[Arcta]] {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I}}.
File:Prisoners.jpg|The Prison Barge mess hall {{OS|Baltar's Escape}}.
</gallery>

== Production Notes ==

=== Earlier Design ===
[[File:TOS - BTS - Unused Prison Barge Model.jpg|thumb|Unused Prison Barge model created by [[Apogee, Inc.]] for "[[Saga of a Star World]]."]]
An earlier design of the Prison Barge featured a spherical main body, from which protrude a cockpit module at its fore and a larger engine section at its back. The model, as well as its successor, were built by [[Apogee|Apogee, Inc.]] As with other Original Series' models, this earlier design was repurposed by [[Universal Hartland]] for ''[[Buckwiki:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' as [[Buckwiki:Zykarian battlecruiser|Zykarian battlecruisers]] in "[[Buckwiki:Journey to Oasis|Journey to Oasis]]."

=== Notes ===
*In the [[Re-imagined Series]], ''[[Astral Queen]]'' is a homage in both the design and purpose of the [[Original Series]]' ship.
*The Prison Barge model is reused as Mr. Duvronan's shuttle in ''[[buckwiki:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'''s "[[Buckwiki:Planet of the Amazon Women|Planet of the Amazon Women]]" as well as an actual ship display model in "[[Buckwiki:Return of the Fighting 69th|Return of the Fighting 69th]]." It was later redressed as a Zaad supply ship for "[[Buckwiki:Flight of the War Witch|Flight of the War Witch]]," and as a Dorian ship in the ''Buck Rogers''<nowiki/>' series finale, "[[Buckwiki:The Dorian Secret|The Dorian Secret]]." 

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