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| [[File:TRS - Resurrection Ship - Resurrection Ship Attack Planning in War Room.jpg|thumb|[[Jack Fisk]] and [[Helena Cain]] with {{callsign|Apollo}} and {{callsign|Starbuck}} in the [[War Room]] planning the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]] {{TRS|Resurrection Ship, Part I}}.]]
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| The '''War Room''' is a tactical planning and strike operations center aboard a ship. On [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'', it is located in proximity to [[CIC]] {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)}}.
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| The room has two functions:
| | [[Image:Bsg-sit-1.jpg|thumb|Battlestar Situation Room (credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]] |
| *Monitoring and controlling large-scale operations which cannot be fully monitored or controlled from the CIC without interfering with shipboard operations
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| *Providing a dedicated planning and briefing center for the development of and execution of special operations under the control of a battlestar.
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| == ''Galactica'' ==
| | The Situation Room is a tactical planning and strike operations centre, located close to a battlestar's [[CIC]] ([[The Hand of God]]). |
| [[File:Bsg-1-10.jpg|right|thumb|''Galactica'''s War Room's plotting table {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)}}.]] | |
| Hewing to its pre-networked [[First Cylon War]] origins, ''Galactica''<nowiki/>'s War Room is heavily crewed due to its hands-on acquisition and use of data vis-a-vis "foot networking" and other person-to-person communications that eschew all but the most basic computerized methods.
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| The predominant centerpiece is the plotting table, a large light table that can be configured for a variety of uses, supported by a number of information-relay consoles (e.g. monitoring communications). Translite maps are laid upon the table, having been printed from available data from the ship's stores, including newer data acquired via astronomic surveys and [[Raptor]] reconnaissance missions. | | The Situation Room has two functions: |
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| Atop the center table are models used to visually depict phases of missions with assets rendered as models, such as [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], Raptors, and ''Galactica'' itself. These models may hand-written name tags to identify [[Callsign|callsigns]] or other unique identification terms, as needed, and are moved or removed by crew members acting as plotters with forked plotting rods. The models themselves are made as needed, likely hand-constructed by crew, as they are facsimiles of new ships [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] encounters or ships within the Fleet itself, e.g. the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall-era]] [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]] and various civilian ships {{TRS|The Hand of God}}; and later, the Fall-era [[Basestar (TRS)|Basestar]], [[Resurrection Ship]], and ''[[Pegasus (TRS)|Pegasus]]'' {{TRS|Resurrection Ship}},
| | *Monitoring and controlling large-scale operations which cannot be fully monitored or controlled from the CIC without interfering with shipboard operations |
| | | *Providing a dedicated planning and briefing centre for the development of and execution of special operations under the control of a battlestar. |
| One wall of the War Room features light boxes where smaller translites are used to mount maps, gun camera photos, and other visual aids assist in mission planning and review. A chalkboard on another wall is used to track pilot and ship rosters for missions.
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| Around a dozen personnel staff the War Room during an operation, in addition to any command staff that may be in attendance.
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| == Appearances in episodes ==
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| *In "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]," its first appearance, during the planning and execution of the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]].
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| *In "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]," during the planning of the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|attack on the Cylons]] and when Commander [[William Adama]] recruits {{Callsign|Starbuck}} to kill Admiral [[Helena Cain]].
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| *In "[[Occupation]]," when Admiral Adama attempts to come up with a plan to rescue the people on [[New Caprica]].
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| *In "[[Revelations]]," when Kara Thrace and {{Callsign|Athena}} present their plan to rescue the hostages on the rebel Cylon basestar.
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| *In "[[Face of the Enemy]]," when [[Saul Tigh]] orders [[Felix Gaeta]] to take a week's leave on ''[[Zephyr]]''.
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| == Gallery ==
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| File:TRS - The Hand of God - Situation Room.jpg|{{Callsign|Starbuck}} and [[William Adama]] during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] {{TRS|The Hand of God}}.
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| File:TRS - The Hand of God - War Room 2.jpg|[[Gaius Baltar]] and {{Callsign|Starbuck}} during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] {{TRS|The Hand of God}}.
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| File:Bsg-1-10.jpg|[[Laura Roslin]] and {{Callsign|Starbuck}} during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] {{TRS|The Hand of God}}.
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| File:TRS - The Hand of God - War Room 3.jpg|[[William Adama]] during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] {{TRS|The Hand of God}}.
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| File:The Hand of God (RDM) - Situation Room No 3.jpg|A plotter with {{Callsign|Starbuck}} and [[Felix Gaeta]] during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] {{TRS|The Hand of God}}.
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| </gallery>
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| == Notes ==
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| * The term "war room" is the official term used by the production team.
| | The Situation Room comprises s large electronic map table that can be configured for a variety of uses, supported by a number of information-relay consoles (e.g. monitoring communications). The walls of the Situation Room can be used to project images to assist in the planning of strike or other missions. |
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| | Around a dozen personnel staff the Situation Room during an operation, in addition to any command staff who may be in attendance. |
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