Editing Triton (TRS)

{{disline|For information on an [[Original Series]] [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] of the same name, see [[Triton (TOS)]].}}

{{Ship Data
| image= 
| title= Triton'' (BS 39)
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Presumed
| co= [[James Jonasson]] (last known)<ref>''Triton'' information is from [[:Image:Kara Thrace Record 1.jpg|a record of disciplinary proceedings against Kara Thrace]] seen in "[[The Son Also Rises]]".</ref>
| role= Carrier / battleship
| arm= Unknown
| aircraft= * Viper Compliment <br /> * Raptor compliment
| facilities= * Flight deck <br /> * Viper launch tubes
| status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Zero Hour]], {{BCH|0}}
| patch= Triton Gold.png
|italic=Y}}
'''''Triton''''' is a battlestar in service with the Colonial Fleet prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], where [[Kara Thrace]] had been previously posted under the command of [[James Jonasson]] before her reassignment to ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' {{TRS|The Son Also Rises}}.

''Triton'' was named by [[William Adama]] alongside other battlestars, ''[[Columbia_(RDM)#Second_Columbia|Columbia]]'', ''[[Solaria]]'', and ''[[Atlantia]]'', when the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] attacked the Colonies {{TRS|Miniseries}}. At the time of its destruction it was part of the 39th [[Battlestar Group|battlestar group]] {{TRS|33|Water}}.

Lt. [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] survives the ship's destruction and is found by President [[Laura Roslin]]'s [[The Fleet (TRS)|fleet]], where he is reassigned to ''Galactica'' as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]'s [[ECO]] replacement for [[Raptor 312]] {{TRS|33|Water}}.

== Related imagery ==
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File:Triton patch.jpg|An auction photo of ''Triton''<nowiki/>'s assignment patch.
File:Tritonpatch 33.JPG|[[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]]'s ''Triton'''s patch on his [[flight suit]] {{TRS|33}}, and worn through "[[Water]]." It is later replaced with a ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' assignment patch up until his death in "[[Fragged]]."
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== Notes ==
* The ship is likely named after a figure in Colonial faith or mythology, given the parallels of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Lord of Kobol|Colonial faith]] and the pantheon of Greek gods. In Greek mythology, [[w:Triton (mythology)|Triton]] is not one of the Twelve Olympians himself (and as such might not be considered a Lord of Kobol by the Colonials), but the son of Poseidon and messenger of the sea.
* Quartararo's ship patch is incorrectly embroidered "BST 39," as it was erroneously assumed that that "BSG" stands for "Battlestar ''Galactica''" and thus the last letter was changed for the ''Triton'' patch. However, both the [[water tank]] diagram in "[[Water]]" and the patches for ''[[Pegasus (TRS)|Pegasus]],'' ''[[Valkyrie]],'' and ''[[Osiris]]'' establish that "BSG" stands for '''''[[Battlestar Group|battlestar group]]'''''.
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