Talk:Battlestar (TOS)/Archive 1 - Revision history

Spencerian: /* Errors? */

2008-05-09T21:10:54Z

Errors?

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	:My knowledge about such TOS details is non-existent, but we should go with the better sourced version. -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)		:My knowledge about such TOS details is non-existent, but we should go with the better sourced version. -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

			:Stands to watch some TOS to gather up more real data. We are obviously victims of wanking fen. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 21:10, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Serenity: /* Errors? */

2008-05-09T11:49:39Z

Errors?

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	I'm content to agree with what Randy said regarding the numbers, and it seems to me some of them are felgercarb. Unless there's some source I don't know about. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 03:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)		I'm content to agree with what Randy said regarding the numbers, and it seems to me some of them are felgercarb. Unless there's some source I don't know about. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 03:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

			:My knowledge about such TOS details is non-existent, but we should go with the better sourced version. -- [[User:Serenity\|Serenity]] 11:49, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Expansion on the Ship itself */ reply

2008-05-09T03:42:07Z

Expansion on the Ship itself: reply

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	This article is filled more with [[BW:REAL\|real world point of view]] information on the ship model and history than the various ship's abilities, features, departments, and places, unlike the [[Galactica type battlestar]] and [[Mercury class battlestar]] articles. It would be nice to group up mini-notes on places like [[Adama's quarters]], [[Life Station]], [[launch bay]] and the like to make this both an article more about the ships than just the model. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 22:48, 4 June 2007 (CDT)		This article is filled more with [[BW:REAL\|real world point of view]] information on the ship model and history than the various ship's abilities, features, departments, and places, unlike the [[Galactica type battlestar]] and [[Mercury class battlestar]] articles. It would be nice to group up mini-notes on places like [[Adama's quarters]], [[Life Station]], [[launch bay]] and the like to make this both an article more about the ships than just the model. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 22:48, 4 June 2007 (CDT)
			: Yeah, expansion on this article is well overdue. It definitely needs a lot of cleanup and thorough referencing. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 03:42, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

	== Errors? ==		== Errors? ==

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Errors? */ new section

2008-05-09T03:41:21Z

Errors?: new section

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	This article is filled more with [[BW:REAL\|real world point of view]] information on the ship model and history than the various ship's abilities, features, departments, and places, unlike the [[Galactica type battlestar]] and [[Mercury class battlestar]] articles. It would be nice to group up mini-notes on places like [[Adama's quarters]], [[Life Station]], [[launch bay]] and the like to make this both an article more about the ships than just the model. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 22:48, 4 June 2007 (CDT)		This article is filled more with [[BW:REAL\|real world point of view]] information on the ship model and history than the various ship's abilities, features, departments, and places, unlike the [[Galactica type battlestar]] and [[Mercury class battlestar]] articles. It would be nice to group up mini-notes on places like [[Adama's quarters]], [[Life Station]], [[launch bay]] and the like to make this both an article more about the ships than just the model. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 22:48, 4 June 2007 (CDT)

			== Errors? ==

			Just received an e-mail from Randy, an astute fan (and Wiki visitor) regarding some of the statistics on this page:

			: Love your site, read it all the time, and I've spotted what I think is an error. Forgive me if you're not the one to talk to, but I didn't know who else to contact.

			:I was reading this page here http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Galactica_%28TOS%29 and found the following entry

			:>>>Viewers learn from "Saga of a Star World" that the standard battlestar type vessel has a crew of 496 personnel with 200 Warriors. From "The Living Legend" we know that battlestars carry 75 Vipers, 12 Landram land based troop transports and 12 shuttlecraft. <<<

			:I have to dispute some of that: Firstly, at no point in "Saga of a Star World" is the crew of a Battlestar ever mentioned. I recall magazine comments from producers around the time who said the crew was about the same as a modern aircraft carrier, which would put it around 5000 people (Roughly the same as the compliment of the current ''Galactica'' in the new show), though that's speculation and I can't cite the references. I can unequivocally say the crew was not a mere 696 people.

			: Also, the number of fighters is inaccurate: Omega mentions that they've managed to recover 78 fighters (IIRC) after the ambush, only 26 of which were originally theirs. This has nothing to do w/ the normal fighter compliment of the ship, just the amount they happened to have afterwards.

			: I'm less sure about the Shuttles and Landrams, but I don't recall any mention of a specific number for shuttles in the series, either.

			I'm content to agree with what Randy said regarding the numbers, and it seems to me some of them are felgercarb. Unless there's some source I don't know about. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support\|Donate]] - [[bsp:\|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 03:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

Spencerian: Expansion on the Ship itself

2007-06-05T03:48:28Z

Expansion on the Ship itself

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	2000 feet, I imagine? Yards? Furlongs? Handspans?		2000 feet, I imagine? Yards? Furlongs? Handspans?

			== Expansion on the Ship itself ==

			This article is filled more with [[BW:REAL\|real world point of view]] information on the ship model and history than the various ship's abilities, features, departments, and places, unlike the [[Galactica type battlestar]] and [[Mercury class battlestar]] articles. It would be nice to group up mini-notes on places like [[Adama's quarters]], [[Life Station]], [[launch bay]] and the like to make this both an article more about the ships than just the model. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 22:48, 4 June 2007 (CDT)

Emersonrp: 2000 whats?

2006-10-20T02:17:37Z

2000 whats?

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	As with the [[Galactica (TOS)]] article, I've cleaned up this article with the same rationale as the latter. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 10:24, 25 July 2006 (CDT)		As with the [[Galactica (TOS)]] article, I've cleaned up this article with the same rationale as the latter. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 10:24, 25 July 2006 (CDT)

			== 2000 whats? ==

			"There are many differing claims to the actual size of the original battlestars, ranging from some 2,000 (accepted length in a number of gaming systems) through to 2-3 miles in overall length."

			2000 feet, I imagine? Yards? Furlongs? Handspans?

Wildcard: /* Battlestar armaments */

2006-10-18T15:40:17Z

Battlestar armaments

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	As with the [[Galactica (TOS)]] article, I've cleaned up this article with the same rationale as the latter. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 10:24, 25 July 2006 (CDT)		As with the [[Galactica (TOS)]] article, I've cleaned up this article with the same rationale as the latter. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 10:24, 25 July 2006 (CDT)

	~~== Battlestar armaments ==~~

	Hi. I am wondering were the listing for 15 Laser batteries and 1 mega-pulsar were derived from. In mult eps two distinctive rows of switches are shown whenever the Galactica goes on alert. the top row of 10 switches is labeled "Laser Batteries", while a lower row of 5 switches is labeled "Lateral Laser Arrays". Have you determined/speculated that that top row controls the smaller laser batteries on a 1 switch for 1 battery basis and that the "Lateral Laser Arrays" is made up of the heavier appearing laser turrets on the same ratio? thanks

Wildcard: Battlestar armaments

2006-10-18T15:37:22Z

Battlestar armaments

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	As with the [[Galactica (TOS)]] article, I've cleaned up this article with the same rationale as the latter. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 10:24, 25 July 2006 (CDT)		As with the [[Galactica (TOS)]] article, I've cleaned up this article with the same rationale as the latter. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 10:24, 25 July 2006 (CDT)

			== Battlestar armaments ==

			Hi. I am wondering were the listing for 15 Laser batteries and 1 mega-pulsar were derived from. In mult eps two distinctive rows of switches are shown whenever the Galactica goes on alert. the top row of 10 switches is labeled "Laser Batteries", while a lower row of 5 switches is labeled "Lateral Laser Arrays". Have you determined/speculated that that top row controls the smaller laser batteries on a 1 switch for 1 battery basis and that the "Lateral Laser Arrays" is made up of the heavier appearing laser turrets on the same ratio? thanks

Spencerian: Major Revision

2006-07-25T15:24:29Z

Major Revision

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	:::::: Well, I can vouch for the lightspeed part, but I've got nothing to cite for the 2 x FTL engines. Right after he orders to lightspeed ''Galactica'' does kind of do a peel off, and I think its engines are glowing, but I really don't think I can recall anything that would help me distinguish whether there was 1, 2, or 20 FTL engines. I'm not even sure if the peel off is supposed to be at light speed or not (it seems awfully slow). --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 10:33, 24 February 2006 (EST)		:::::: Well, I can vouch for the lightspeed part, but I've got nothing to cite for the 2 x FTL engines. Right after he orders to lightspeed ''Galactica'' does kind of do a peel off, and I think its engines are glowing, but I really don't think I can recall anything that would help me distinguish whether there was 1, 2, or 20 FTL engines. I'm not even sure if the peel off is supposed to be at light speed or not (it seems awfully slow). --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 10:33, 24 February 2006 (EST)
	::::::: Doubtful. After all, the old BSG recycled SFX due to the technology at the time. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:26, 24 February 2006 (EST)		::::::: Doubtful. After all, the old BSG recycled SFX due to the technology at the time. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:26, 24 February 2006 (EST)

			== Major Revision ==

			As with the [[Galactica (TOS)]] article, I've cleaned up this article with the same rationale as the latter. --[[User:Spencerian\|Spencerian]] 10:24, 25 July 2006 (CDT)

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Need some "Old-School" BSG Content */

2006-02-24T17:26:36Z

Need some "Old-School" BSG Content

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	::::: OK, good. This came into my head because the page currently mentions "2 x FTL engines" without citation, and my brain was telling me that the TOS ship just didn't have that capability. It doesn't change the basic problem of TOS, because most of the time they '''didn't''' travel at lightspeed and thus should have taken generations to get anywhere :-) But in terms of what triggered the question on the page, it's good to know it's not completely in left field. I'd still like to see a citation for the "FTL" specs.--[[User:UncleMikey\|Uncle Mikey]] 23:59, 23 February 2006 (EST)		::::: OK, good. This came into my head because the page currently mentions "2 x FTL engines" without citation, and my brain was telling me that the TOS ship just didn't have that capability. It doesn't change the basic problem of TOS, because most of the time they '''didn't''' travel at lightspeed and thus should have taken generations to get anywhere :-) But in terms of what triggered the question on the page, it's good to know it's not completely in left field. I'd still like to see a citation for the "FTL" specs.--[[User:UncleMikey\|Uncle Mikey]] 23:59, 23 February 2006 (EST)
	:::::: Well, I can vouch for the lightspeed part, but I've got nothing to cite for the 2 x FTL engines. Right after he orders to lightspeed ''Galactica'' does kind of do a peel off, and I think its engines are glowing, but I really don't think I can recall anything that would help me distinguish whether there was 1, 2, or 20 FTL engines. I'm not even sure if the peel off is supposed to be at light speed or not (it seems awfully slow). --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 10:33, 24 February 2006 (EST)		:::::: Well, I can vouch for the lightspeed part, but I've got nothing to cite for the 2 x FTL engines. Right after he orders to lightspeed ''Galactica'' does kind of do a peel off, and I think its engines are glowing, but I really don't think I can recall anything that would help me distinguish whether there was 1, 2, or 20 FTL engines. I'm not even sure if the peel off is supposed to be at light speed or not (it seems awfully slow). --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 10:33, 24 February 2006 (EST)
			::::::: Doubtful. After all, the old BSG recycled SFX due to the technology at the time. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:26, 24 February 2006 (EST)

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	::::: OK, good. This came into my head because the page currently mentions "2 x FTL engines" without citation, and my brain was telling me that the TOS ship just didn't have that capability. It doesn't change the basic problem of TOS, because most of the time they '''didn't''' travel at lightspeed and thus should have taken generations to get anywhere :-) But in terms of what triggered the question on the page, it's good to know it's not completely in left field. I'd still like to see a citation for the "FTL" specs.--[[User:UncleMikey\|Uncle Mikey]] 23:59, 23 February 2006 (EST)		::::: OK, good. This came into my head because the page currently mentions "2 x FTL engines" without citation, and my brain was telling me that the TOS ship just didn't have that capability. It doesn't change the basic problem of TOS, because most of the time they '''didn't''' travel at lightspeed and thus should have taken generations to get anywhere :-) But in terms of what triggered the question on the page, it's good to know it's not completely in left field. I'd still like to see a citation for the "FTL" specs.--[[User:UncleMikey\|Uncle Mikey]] 23:59, 23 February 2006 (EST)
	:::::: Well, I can vouch for the lightspeed part, but I've got nothing to cite for the 2 x FTL engines. Right after he orders to lightspeed ''Galactica'' does kind of do a peel off, and I think its engines are glowing, but I really don't think I can recall anything that would help me distinguish whether there was 1, 2, or 20 FTL engines. I'm not even sure if the peel off is supposed to be at light speed or not (it seems awfully slow). --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 10:33, 24 February 2006 (EST)		:::::: Well, I can vouch for the lightspeed part, but I've got nothing to cite for the 2 x FTL engines. Right after he orders to lightspeed ''Galactica'' does kind of do a peel off, and I think its engines are glowing, but I really don't think I can recall anything that would help me distinguish whether there was 1, 2, or 20 FTL engines. I'm not even sure if the peel off is supposed to be at light speed or not (it seems awfully slow). --[[User:Steelviper\|Steelviper]] 10:33, 24 February 2006 (EST)
			::::::: Doubtful. After all, the old BSG recycled SFX due to the technology at the time. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.\|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:26, 24 February 2006 (EST)