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| {{merge|partially into [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series]].}}
| | The principles of '''sublight''' propulsion differ from the [[Re-imagined Series]] and [[Original Series]]. |
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| [[Image:Ragtagfleet.jpg|thumb|right|The rag tag fleet of the Original Series traveling at sublight ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]] | | *For information on the sublight and FTL principles in the Re-imagined Series, see [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series]] |
| '''Sublight''' propulsion is the opposite of faster-than-light propulsion.
| | *For information on the propulsion used in the Original Series, see [[Propulsion (TOS)]] |
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| Essentially, the term "sub-light engines" refers to a ship's conventional drives used for leaving and attaining planetary orbits or traveling short distances.
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| ==Sublight Spacecraft in the [[Re-Imagined Series]]==
| | [[fr:Propulsion subluminique]] |
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| In the Re-imagined Series, all ships have some manner of sublight flight ability. Sublight propulsion is convenient for intra-solar system travel (such as to or from the planets that comprise the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]), but cannot be used for travel outside of a solar system as the time to arrive at a destination may exceed the fuel supply of the ship or the lifetime of the crew that fly the ship.
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| Spacecraft with sublight flight ability are typically small military vehicles or civilian ships, such the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter craft or the [[Botanical Cruiser]] ([[Miniseries]]).
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| ==Sublight Spacecraft in the [[Original Series]]==
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| In the Original Series, [[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' was the only spacecraft in the refugee Colonial fleet with FTL (or "[[lightspeed]]") ability ([[Experiment in Terra]]). Normally, ''Galactica'' would only travel as fast as the slowest sublight vessel in its [[The Fleet (TOS)|rag-tag Fleet]]. Unlike its Re-imagined counterpart, however, ''Galactica'' apparently accelerated to lightspeed through its engines and did not perform any hyperdimensional movement.
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| ==Fuel==
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| Ships in both Original Series and Re-imagined Series use the refined material known as [[tylium]] as fuel.
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