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{{Ship Data
|italic=y
| image= Pyxis.jpg
| race= Colonial
| co = [[Jules Tarney]]
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Passenger Liner
| cap = Approx. 600
| status = Destroyed in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]]
| patch= Pyxis patch.jpg
}}

'''''Pyxis''''' is an orange-colored [[passenger liner]] in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] that survives both exoduses. Its last captain is [[Jules Tarney]].

During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]], ''Pyxis'' was in orbit of [[Canceron]], before eventually joining up with the rest of the surviving ships near {{RDM|Caprica}} ([[TRS]]:  "[[The Plan]]," [[Miniseries]])

''Pyxis'' is one of the many ships that are escorted by [[raptors]] through a very dense star cluster to the [[Algae_planet|Algae Planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}.

The ship is lost in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] when a spiraling [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]], damaged by Viper fire, impacts near the engines, resulting in catastrophic damage. The resulting explosion destroys the ship with 600 people aboard {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me}}.

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==Notes==
*The ship can first be seen joining Laura Roslin's convoy in the [[Miniseries]]. However, the name ''Pyxis'' is first introduced on the voting tally board in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," and the ship is not identified as such until "[[He That Believeth in Me]]."
*It appears to be of very similar design to the ill-fated ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', and could possibly be another ship of the same class.
*The interior of ''Pyxis'' is shown in "[[The Plan]]" and in two deleted scenes from the [[Daybreak, Part I|two-part]] [[Daybreak, Part II|series finale]].  The inside of this ship has orange walls with seats identical to those inside ''[[Colonial One]]'', with one set of top-facing windows and one set facing the side, also similar to ''Colonial One''. However, the exterior of the ship features only one set of windows, creating a design goof, likely created through the redressing and reuse of ''Colonial One's'' interior sets.
*[[w:Pyxis|Pyxis]] is a minor southern constellation introduced by [[w:Nicolas Louis de Lacaille|Nicolas Louis de Lacaille]] under the name Pyxis Nautica. It is perhaps supposed to represent the compass of [[w:Argo Navis|Argo Navis]].

==Related Images==

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image:Bsg-01-48-46.PNG|''Pyxis'' rescued during the fall of the Colonies {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
image:Space Park-Pixis-Colonial One.jpg|''Pyxis'' at the Ionian Nebula {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II}}.
Image:Canceron.png|''Pyxis'' in orbit of Canceron during the Cylon attack {{TRS|The Plan}}.
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