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| role= Luxury Liner
| role= Luxury cruise liner
| status= Destroyed by [[Gina Inviere]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
| status= Destroyed by Cylon sabotage, circa 2 ACH
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'''''Cloud 9''''' is a massive, [[FTL]]-capable luxury liner within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. Extensively damaged during the [[Cylon attack]], she had to be evacuated while repairs were made. Following the repairs, she is returned to full service within the Fleet, and provides a venue for the first sitting of the interim [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] convened by [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] ([[Colonial Day]]).
'''''Cloud 9''''' is a massive, [[FTL]]-capable luxury liner within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. Extensively damaged during the [[Cylon attack]], it had to be evacuated while repairs were made. Following the repairs, it is returned to full service within the Fleet, and provides a venue for the first sitting of the interim [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] convened by [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").


The ship is unique in that as well as traditional living and working space on board, ''Cloud 9'' incorporates a huge pressurized dome, that provides a realistic simulation of a planetary surface, including gardens, buildings, trees - even an artificial holographic sky.
== Design ==
The ship is unique in that as well as traditional living and working space on board, ''Cloud 9'' incorporates a huge pressurized dome, that provides a realistic simulation of a planetary surface, including gardens, buildings, trees, and even an artificial holographic sky. Not only does the dome make this ship more luxurious, but the comfortable hotel rooms, as well as the enjoyable lounges and bars, make this ship popular and well-known to the survivors.


After her flight from captivity in [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]'s brig, President Roslin, along with Captain [[Lee Adama]] and priest [[Elosha]], flee in a Raptor to ''Cloud 9'' in order hide from Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]. The group is taken in by [[Tom Zarek]], who meets with them on in a hangar on the ship. ''Cloud 9'''s high volume of intraship traffic makes it virtually impossible for ''Galactica'' to track their final hiding place ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
''Cloud 9'' is also unique in the fact that it is one of the few fleet ships with an asymmetrical design. The ship is split into a long, slim main section that houses the ship's landing bay, numerous hotel suites, and the sublight engines, while the massive dome is connected off the starboard side via a small connecting walkway. This design makes it impossible for ''Cloud 9'' to attain atmospheric flight, as the forces involved would tear the ship apart.


The ship would later by quarintined by Commander Adama around a week later in order to find the escaped former president, however it was fruitless as Roslin and the other fugitives had escaped to ''[[Kimba Huta]]'' then ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ([[The Farm]]).
== Illicit Passengers ==
[[Image:Starlight Lounge.jpg|thumb|right|The Starlight Lounge.]]
While ''Cloud 9'' is used and enjoyed by many people just looking for an escape, the ship is also home to numerous underground "black market" activities, including prostitution, drug smuggling, and even the Cylon sympathizer/terrorist group, [[Demand Peace]], led by [[Royan Jahee]] and [[Gina Inviere]]. Inviere is able to smuggle a nuclear device aboard (from Dr. Gaius Baltar), which shocks Jahee ([[TRS]]: "[[Black Market]]", "[[Epiphanies]]").


Later, a bar on the ship, the Starlight Lounge, is the scene of a hostage crisis in which a disgruntled [[Sesha Abinell]], her brother-in-law [[Kern Vinson]], hardline man [[Nelson Page]] and often nervous [[George Chu]] hold many people hostage including [[Lee Adama|Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama]], [[Anastasia Dualla|Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla]], [[Billy Keikeya|President's chief of staff Billy Keikeya]] and [[Ellen Tigh|''Galactica'' executive officer's wife Ellen Tigh]]. With the help of several gunmen, she demands that she is handed over [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] in order to take revenge on her for an earlier Cylon attack on the Fleet which left her [[Ray Abinell|husband]] dead. She and her co-conspirators are ultimately killed when the lounge is stormed by Colonial Marines ([[TRS]]: "[[Sacrifice]]").
== Destruction ==
[[Image:Cloud9Destroyed.jpg|thumb|left|''Cloud 9'''s destruction.]]
[[Image:Cloud9Destroyed.jpg|thumb|left|''Cloud 9'''s destruction.]]
''Cloud 9'' also has a swimming area. Commander Adama's orders shore leave for Colonel Tigh, advising him to take a swim and relax from his unexpected command duties when Adama was injured. Colonel Tigh never leaves ''Galactica'' to enjoy it as his Raptor is [[Joe Palladino|sabotaged]] in an assassination attempt ([[Final Cut]]).
Following the jump to [[New Caprica]], ''Cloud 9'' falls victim to Gina Inviere, and her smuggled warhead after she deliberately sets the warhead to go off after a small countdown. The ship, and at least four others around ''Cloud 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> vicinity are instantly destroyed in a massive explosion. This disaster would have severe ramifications after the Cylon fleet, over a light year away, detects, and tracks the signature to the Colonial's settlement, leading to the Cylon occupation of New Caprica ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").  


The Cylon sympathizer/terrorist group [[Demand Peace]], led by [[Royan Jahee]] and [[Gina Inviere]] (who has been hiding aboard the ship for weeks), also operated out of a suite located onboard ''Cloud 9'' ([[Epiphanies]]).
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Many of ''Cloud 9'''s accommodations are more like hotel rooms than bunks or seats, pointing to its original purpose as a luxury liner. A passenger, [[Shevon]], lives in one such room (Room L258, L Deck), where Captain Adama visits her for intimate moments. Shevon is removed from her room by [[Phelan]]'s thugs, and Captain Adama later finds the killer of Commander [[Jack Fisk]] in the room, dead of a gunshot to the head ([[Black Market]]). 
A bar on the ship, the Starlight Lounge, is the scene of a hostage crisis in which a disgruntled [[Sesha Abinell]], her brother-in-law [[Kern Vinson]], hardline man [[Nelson Page]] and often nervous [[George Chu]] hold many people hostage including [[Lee Adama|Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama]], [[Anastasia Dualla|Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla]], [[Billy Keikeya|President's chief of staff Billy Keikeya]] and [[Ellen Tigh|''Galactica'' executive officer's wife Ellen Tigh]]. With the help of several gunmen, she demands that she is handed over [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] in order to take revenge on her for an earlier Cylon attack on the Fleet which left her [[Ray Abinell|husband]] dead. She and her co-conspirators are ultimately killed when the lounge is stormed by Colonial Marines ([[Sacrifice]]).
Following the discovery of New Caprica and the inauguration of Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] as President of the Twelve Colonies, ''Cloud 9'' was blown up by Gina by the nuclear warhead given to her by Baltar several months ago. The resulting explosion would destroy at [[Colonial Movers|least]] [[Kodiak-type vessel|three]] [[long-necked vessel|ships]] and at least one [[atmospheric shuttle]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
== Cloud 9 Blue Prints ==
http://media.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:Clowd_9_Blue_prints.png
== Related Imagery ==
== Related Imagery ==


<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Cloud 9 Ballroom.jpg|''Cloud 9'' - Ballroom &nbsp;
Image:Cloud 9 Ballroom.jpg|''Cloud 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> forum.
Image:Cloud 9 - Gardens.jpg|''Cloud 9'' -- Garden &nbsp;
Image:Cloud 9 - Gardens.jpg|''Cloud 9''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> gardens.
Image:Cloud 9 - Horizon.jpg|The "horizon" of ''Cloud 9'' &nbsp;
Image:Cloud 9 - Horizon.jpg|The "horizon" of ''Cloud 9''.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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* The origin of the term "cloud nine" is curious in that it is an American expression popularized in the 20th Century as a term describing euphoria or higher state of bliss. The term appeared to originate from the 1896 edition of the International Cloud Atlas, where the cumulo-nimbus cloud was given the designation of nine, which was the highest altitude that a cloud could be, according to information from the [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud_nine Wiktionary]. However, it is just one of many terms of Earth-origin used on the show.
* The origin of the term "cloud nine" is curious in that it is an American expression popularized in the 20th Century as a term describing euphoria or higher state of bliss. The term appeared to originate from the 1896 edition of the International Cloud Atlas, where the cumulo-nimbus cloud was given the designation of nine, which was the highest altitude that a cloud could be, according to information from the [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud_nine Wiktionary]. However, it is just one of many terms of Earth-origin used on the show.
* ''Cloud Nine'' was filmed on location at the University of British Columbia's Chan Centre.
* ''Cloud Nine'' was filmed on location at the University of British Columbia's Chan Centre.
*It should be noted that in [[Razor]] and [[The Plan]], both set prior to ''Cloud 9'''s destruction, the large vessel did not appear or was mentioned at all. Its destruction hasn't been mentioned at all throughout the remainder of the series and is likely not to be revisited given the end of the series in 2009.
*It should be noted that in either "[[Razor]]" or "[[The Plan]]", both set prior to ''Cloud 9'''s destruction, the large vessel neither appeared nor was mentioned. Furthermore, after the one-year jump in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," its destruction hasn't been mentioned again throughout the remainder of the series.
 
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Cloud 9 is a massive, FTL-capable luxury liner within the Fleet. Extensively damaged during the Cylon attack, it had to be evacuated while repairs were made. Following the repairs, it is returned to full service within the Fleet, and provides a venue for the first sitting of the interim Quorum of Twelve convened by President Roslin (TRS: "Colonial Day").

Design[edit]

The ship is unique in that as well as traditional living and working space on board, Cloud 9 incorporates a huge pressurized dome, that provides a realistic simulation of a planetary surface, including gardens, buildings, trees, and even an artificial holographic sky. Not only does the dome make this ship more luxurious, but the comfortable hotel rooms, as well as the enjoyable lounges and bars, make this ship popular and well-known to the survivors.

Cloud 9 is also unique in the fact that it is one of the few fleet ships with an asymmetrical design. The ship is split into a long, slim main section that houses the ship's landing bay, numerous hotel suites, and the sublight engines, while the massive dome is connected off the starboard side via a small connecting walkway. This design makes it impossible for Cloud 9 to attain atmospheric flight, as the forces involved would tear the ship apart.

Illicit Passengers[edit]

The Starlight Lounge.

While Cloud 9 is used and enjoyed by many people just looking for an escape, the ship is also home to numerous underground "black market" activities, including prostitution, drug smuggling, and even the Cylon sympathizer/terrorist group, Demand Peace, led by Royan Jahee and Gina Inviere. Inviere is able to smuggle a nuclear device aboard (from Dr. Gaius Baltar), which shocks Jahee (TRS: "Black Market", "Epiphanies").

Later, a bar on the ship, the Starlight Lounge, is the scene of a hostage crisis in which a disgruntled Sesha Abinell, her brother-in-law Kern Vinson, hardline man Nelson Page and often nervous George Chu hold many people hostage including Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama, Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla, President's chief of staff Billy Keikeya and Galactica executive officer's wife Ellen Tigh. With the help of several gunmen, she demands that she is handed over Sharon Valerii in order to take revenge on her for an earlier Cylon attack on the Fleet which left her husband dead. She and her co-conspirators are ultimately killed when the lounge is stormed by Colonial Marines (TRS: "Sacrifice").

Destruction[edit]

Cloud 9's destruction.

Following the jump to New Caprica, Cloud 9 falls victim to Gina Inviere, and her smuggled warhead after she deliberately sets the warhead to go off after a small countdown. The ship, and at least four others around Cloud 9's vicinity are instantly destroyed in a massive explosion. This disaster would have severe ramifications after the Cylon fleet, over a light year away, detects, and tracks the signature to the Colonial's settlement, leading to the Cylon occupation of New Caprica (TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II").

Related Imagery[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • The origin of the term "cloud nine" is curious in that it is an American expression popularized in the 20th Century as a term describing euphoria or higher state of bliss. The term appeared to originate from the 1896 edition of the International Cloud Atlas, where the cumulo-nimbus cloud was given the designation of nine, which was the highest altitude that a cloud could be, according to information from the Wiktionary. However, it is just one of many terms of Earth-origin used on the show.
  • Cloud Nine was filmed on location at the University of British Columbia's Chan Centre.
  • It should be noted that in either "Razor" or "The Plan", both set prior to Cloud 9's destruction, the large vessel neither appeared nor was mentioned. Furthermore, after the one-year jump in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II," its destruction hasn't been mentioned again throughout the remainder of the series.