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{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Dynamite Comics}}{{Ship Data | {{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Dynamite Comics}}{{Ship Data | ||
|image=BSG - Death of Apollo - Super Basestar.png|race=Cylon|type=Military|role=Capitol ship, carrier hybrid|img=Y|def=Energy shields}} | |image=BSG - Death of Apollo - Super Basestar.png|race=Cylon|type=Military|role=Capitol ship, carrier hybrid|img=Y|def=Energy shields}} | ||
The '''super basestar''', as termed by Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}, is the newest capital ship in Cylon war machine as introduced in {{Alt|7358}}. | The '''super basestar''', as termed by Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}, is the {{Alt|Cylons|TOS-DE|Cylon}}'s {{Alt|Raider|TOS-DE}}, is the newest capital ship in Cylon war machine as introduced in {{Alt|7358}}. | ||
Its introduction to [[The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)|the Colonials' rag-tag fugitive fleet]] comes after [[Yahren|yahrens]] of respite, and is revealed to be part of a larger plan to ensnare and decimate the remnants of humanity by exploiting their desire to locate {{Alt|Earth|TOS-DE}}. | Its introduction to [[The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)|the Colonials' rag-tag fugitive fleet]] comes after [[Yahren|yahrens]] of respite, and is revealed to be part of a larger plan to ensnare and decimate the remnants of humanity by exploiting their desire to locate {{Alt|Earth|TOS-DE}}. | ||
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Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} and two newly-minted {{Alt|Warriors|TOS-DE}}, [[Neats]] and [[Zurel]], discover the super basestar in orbit of a planet whose coordinates are alleged to be Earth's, as [[Psionic|divined]] by Countess [[Sephoni]]. This results in [[Encounter of the Super Basestar|the first direct and disastrous altercation]] with the Cylons, unmasking their renewed offensive against the survivors ({{Comics|doa|2}}). | Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} and two newly-minted {{Alt|Warriors|TOS-DE}}, [[Neats]] and [[Zurel]], discover the super basestar in orbit of a planet whose coordinates are alleged to be Earth's, as [[Psionic|divined]] by Countess [[Sephoni]]. This results in [[Encounter of the Super Basestar|the first direct and disastrous altercation]] with the Cylons, unmasking their renewed offensive against the survivors ({{Comics|doa|2}}). | ||
Against Commander {{Alt|Adama|TOS-DE}}'s explicit orders, Captains {{Alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} and {{Alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} bring Countess [[Sephoni]] aboard a captured {{Alt|Cylon transport|TOS-DE}}, so that she may divine access codes to allow infiltration into the super basestar to [[Rescue of Apollo|rescue Apollo]], whom the Cylons rescued and nursed back to heath ({{Comics|doa|3}}-{{Comics|doa|4|short=y}}). | Against Commander {{Alt|Adama|TOS-DE}}'s explicit orders, Captains {{Alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} and {{Alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} bring Countess [[Sephoni]] aboard a captured {{Alt|Cylon transport|TOS-DE}}, so that she may divine access codes to allow infiltration into the super basestar to [[Rescue of Apollo|rescue Apollo]], whom the Cylons had rescued and nursed back to heath ({{Comics|doa|3}}-{{Comics|doa|4|short=y}}). | ||
By rescuing Apollo the Fleet became imperiled, as the super basestar was able to | By rescuing Apollo the Fleet became imperiled, as the super basestar was able to launch its [[Ambush by the Super Basestar|ambush of the Fleet]], which ends with Sephoni divining a weakness that circumvents the ship's overlapping shielding and allows Apollo to destroy the ship with a [[fusion missile]] ({{Comics|doa|6}}). | ||
== Specifications == | == Specifications == | ||
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As with all Cylon technology, the ship can be controlled from any point within due to its unified operating system, allowing Apollo's rescue party to enter in command instructions into the ship's data core. This exploit allows the rescue party to escape ({{Comics|doa|4}}). | As with all Cylon technology, the ship can be controlled from any point within due to its unified operating system, allowing Apollo's rescue party to enter in command instructions into the ship's data core. This exploit allows the rescue party to escape ({{Comics|doa|4}}). | ||
For reasons unknown, the ship features life support | For reasons unknown, the ship features life support that allows humans to exist without need for [[Breather|individual support equipment]] or [[spacesuit]], as well as medical labs capable of restoring biological beings' health, as was done with Major {{Alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}} ({{Comics|doa|4}}). | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Related Imagery == | == Related Imagery == | ||
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File:BSG - Death of Apollo - | File:BSG - Death of Apollo - Cylon Transport Cockpit.png|alt=Captains Athena and Starbuck at the primary control stations of the Cylon transport, with Countess Sephoni at the aft station, during their mission to rescue of Apollo (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #4).|Captains {{alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} and {{alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} at the primary control stations of the {{alt|Cylon transport|TOS-DE}}, with Countess [[Sephoni]] at the aft station, during their mission to [[Rescue of Apollo|rescue of Apollo]] ({{comics|doa|4}}). | ||
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