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| image= Zephyr.JPG | | image= Zephyr.JPG | ||
| race= Colonial | | race= Colonial | ||
| type= Civilian | | type= Civilian | ||
| ftl= Yes | | ftl= Yes | ||
| role= Passenger liner | | role= Passenger liner | ||
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| width= {{Feet2Meters|1250}}| height= {{Feet2Meters|1250}} | | width= {{Feet2Meters|1250}}| height= {{Feet2Meters|1250}} | ||
| status= Scuttled, circa 4 ACH | | status= Scuttled, circa 4 ACH | ||
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'''''Zephyr''''' is a [[FTL]]-capable civilian passenger liner that manages | '''''Zephyr''''' is a [[FTL]]-capable civilian passenger liner that manages escape the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Twelve Colonies]] to join the [[the Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). After the destruction of ''[[Cloud 9]]'', it acts as the Fleet's rest and recreation vessel. | ||
==Layout== | ==Layout== | ||
''Zephyr'' has many features that | ''Zephyr'' has many noticeable and unique features that sets it apart from other fleet ships. | ||
===The Ring=== | ===The Ring=== | ||
The most | The most noticeable feature, is the ships ring. Spinning counter-clockwise to "create" its own gravity, the ring is home to a biological habitat, populated with trees, water, and buildings for visiting Colonials to utilize and enjoy. The habitat is enclosed by a glass facade, which leaves an interesting view of the aft end of the ship, and on to the other side of the ring to anyone looking up. The ring is supported by four main pylons which connect the ring to the rest of the ship. | ||
During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|Cylon siege]] in the [[Ionian Nebula]], the ring is struck by two Cylon missiles, and severely damaged with great loss of life. After making an escape, crews begin to [[:image:Rebuilding the Space Park.jpg|repair]] the damage, and within two months, the ring was back in working order ([[TRS]]: "[[Six of One]]" "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]"). | |||
===Sublight Engines=== | ===Sublight Engines=== | ||
The second | The second noticeable feature is the ship's sublight engines. Compared to the more traditional chemical thruster boosters of other fleet ships, ''Zephyr'' has an engine assembly which closely resembles that of an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrically_powered_spacecraft_propulsion| electric powered drive]. | ||
== | ==Fleet Career== | ||
''Zephyr'' has played an important role in the fleet, since the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. During the events of President [[Laura Roslin]]'s incarceration, the ship hosted the [[Quorum of Twelve]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Fragged]]"). | |||
Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]] discovers fraudulent ballots for President Roslin in ''Zephyr'''s ballot box during her ill-fated re-election attempt versus Vice President [[Gaius Baltar]]. The ballots are later rejected and Baltar is declared the winner ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"). | |||
''Zephyr'' is | ''Zephyr'' is among the first ships taken through the [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]] towards the [[algae planet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Passage]]"), and is home to Baltar's first lawyer, [[Alan Hughes]], as Baltar was previously recaptured on the algae planet. Racetrack complains that she has to shuttle him between there and ''Galactica'' ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]"). | ||
As the Cylon rebels begin integrating with the surviving Colonials, Junior Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] is on his way to the ''Zephyr'' for some R&R along with two [[Number Eight]]s, Specialist [[Brooks (RDM)|Brooks]], Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]] when an emergency jump and a malfunction separate their Raptor from the rest of the Fleet, with deadly consequences ([[TRS]]: "[[The Face of the Enemy]]"). | |||
'' | As ''Galactica'' prepared for one last fight, the ship was left with the rest of the fleet with the Rebel Basestar, the new flagship of the fleet. After ''Galactica'' returned, the ship jumped to what would become the Colonial's new home, [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|Earth]]. After the population is offloaded the ship is later guided by [[Samuel T. Anders|Anders]] into [[Sol]]. ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]"). | ||
== Additional Information == | == Additional Information == | ||
:''The following information was previously available on the SciFi Channel website. It should be noted that information from that website, while being official, is unreliable and may be contradicted on screen:'' | :''The following information was previously available on the SciFi Channel website. It should be noted that information from that website, while being official, is unreliable and may be contradicted on screen:'' | ||
*''Zephyr'', | *The ''Zephyr'', referred to as the ''Space Park'', is of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Libris|Libran]] registry. | ||
*Its enormous ring section was designed in the days when artificial gravity was too expensive to utilize on a commercial ship of that size. | *Its enormous ring section was designed in the days when artificial gravity was too expensive to utilize on a commercial ship of that size. | ||
*This passenger liner design was so successful that it was adapted for scientific and military uses by replacing passenger accommodation with laboratories, auxiliary power generators, and computer cores. | *This passenger liner design was so successful that it was adapted for scientific and military uses by replacing passenger accommodation with laboratories, auxiliary power generators, and computer cores. | ||
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* The ship is likely named after the Greek god of the western wind, [[wikipedia:Anemoi|Zephyrus]]. | * The ship is likely named after the Greek god of the western wind, [[wikipedia:Anemoi|Zephyrus]]. | ||
* The repair of ''Zephyr'' is the first time that large scale repair operations to the outside of a ship within the Fleet can be seen on screen. | *The repair of the ''Zephyr'' is the first time that large scale repair operations to the outside of a ship within the Fleet can be seen on screen. | ||
* | *It appears that the ''Zephyr'' is one in a series of ships that has undergone a design retcon (others include the [[Viper Mark VII]], the Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] and the Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]/[[Heavy Raider]]) in the third season. The new version appears the be more weathered - with far fewer "clean" lines than the original model - and bears a thickened neck section and a jagged antenna-like device that replaces the needle nose of the original. | ||
==Related Imagery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
Image:Ringship 13 aft.jpg|Aft view | |||
Image:Space Park Passage.jpg|In a small fleet preparing to traverse a [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]] ([[The Passage]]) | |||
Image:Space Park (Ionian Nebula).jpg|Ring section close-up ([[Crossroads, Part II]]) | |||
Image:Space Park-Pixis-Colonial One.jpg|Bow close-up (Crossroads, Part II) | |||
</gallery> | |||
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