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== An old question about hits counter from Enabran ==

Hi Joe, [[user:Enabran|Enabran]] asked some time ago if it is possible to retrieve the hits counter. I tried to install a stable version of [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:HitCounters Extension:HitCounters] on the [[:fr:|French wiki]]. It seems to work. You'll need to run an <tt>maintenance/update.php</tt> after installing the extension with the following in the <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt> file

wfLoadExtension( 'HitCounters' );

It should keep the old values. As you wish, but I think there will be a happy, happy editor ;-) Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 13:57, 3 June 2020 (PDT)

: I will look into it! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:20, 4 June 2020 (PDT)

:: I can see the hit counter back on the french wiki - can someone please add it to the german wiki? [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 14:23, 14 November 2020 (PST)

:: Installed. Unfortunately, it didn't retain the old numbers, and there was no way to recover those. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 16:21, 2 January 2021 (PST)

::: oh, thank you! Any number is better than no number ;-) [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 00:51, 3 January 2021 (PST)
:::: There is one way: Hit the refresh button x times to gain x counters :-D [[User:Enabran|Enabran]] ([[User talk:Enabran|talk]]) 01:00, 3 January 2021 (PST)
::::: Or by incrementing the number in <tt>page_counter.sql</tt> table in the DB directly -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 20:42, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
:::::: Hit counters are, in general, worthless data point generators anyway as they cannot be individually identified and categorized. They're very, well, "Web 1.0" and beyond obsolete. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 21:31, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

== TOS/G80 unproduced scripts ==

Greetings fellow Colonial!

I'm interested in assisting in regards to the summary pages of unproduced scripts of the 1978 series and its follow-up in 1980, but there are a few problems in this regard. First, it appears the wiki hasn't been updated in quite some time regarding these scripts (so I'm unsure if this is an active project or not). Second, the link to the Battlestar Pegasus page is dead. I have a few scripts printed out from the '78 series a few years ago, but I'd need access to the other scripts (especially The Beta Pirates, which I've wanted to read for many yahrens). Is this wiki still active, and can I assist? {{unsigned|Ninth Lord of Kobol}}

: Hello! Yes, the wiki is still somewhat active. I mostly maintain the English one at this point, with assistance of two other admins: [[User:Enabran]] of the [[:de:|German language Wiki]] and [[User:LIMAFOX76]] of the [[:fr:|French language Wiki]].

: As to the scripts, I have digitized PDF copies of the ones I've collected over the yahrens. I just need to re-upload them again (I'll upload them to the Wiki directly and update the links to the specific episodes). I'll start with "[[The Beta Pirates]]" and go from there. :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 14:22, 29 June 2021 (UTC)

== Battlestar Wiki's new skin ==

Hi Joe, I hope you're well. I discovered the new skin you implanted for BW. Is that normal if everything is still in a white background even if you modified the css page to adapt? Thanks for your answer. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 06:24, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

: Howdy! Things are OK -- I hope things are good for you! For the background, it is adaptable, and there are three options if you click on the wheel/gear icon on the upper menu bar: Auto, Light and Dark. You might be on "light" or "auto," so if you click on Dark you should get the "darker" red theme.

: I'm trying to figure out what to do for the "light" theme (so I've left it alone for now), and might try something that invokes the cream/light brown paperwork from the series.

: I'm tweaking the theme as I go as well, so if you have any thoughts or suggestions, let me know. Cheers! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 23:38, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
:: Things are good for me as well, thanks! Regarding the skin, I chose the Dark theme, yet it is still white. Did I miss something in my parameters??
:: Small update, it seems that the dark and light themes are linked to the browser main color theme. I managed to change it in Edge and Firefox but I had to purge the cache. If I switch the browsers' theme back to light, it comes back to the light mode. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 20:54, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

::: I loved the old cream-coloured theme developed by Paul Gu. I don't think that theme would work in the current versions of Media Wiki, though. But if you have the CSS of that light theme, maybe we can use the same colours in the current Citizen based theme? -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 20:28, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
: For the "light" version, I was aiming towards the cream color, to mimic the paperwork in the series. We had something like that for the "Case Orange" update blog back in the day. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 03:45, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

== SSL certificates ==

Hi Joe, Hope you're fine. There is an issue with the SSL certificates on all Battlestar wikis and Buck Wiki. It says that they are not valid anymore and block the page's loading. Is it possible to update the certificates so no warning message appears ? Thank you very much. Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 10:23, 20 October 2022 (UTC)

: This is remedied now. Thank you! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 15:58, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Hi Joe, The SSL certificates have expired again, preventing images from loading on all pages. Sorry to bring bad news as a greeting! I really love this site, so, thank you for creating and maintaining it. I hope you are doing well! --[[User:Allatariel|Allatariel]] ([[User talk:Allatariel|talk]]) 15:48, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
: Greetings! They've just been renewed, and I'm working on some server updates to boot. Hope you are doing well too, and thank you for your support! :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 17:43, 25 February 2023 (UTC)

:: FYI. The mobile version is showing some insecure content warnings. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 20:35, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

::: Interesting. Anything specific so I can try to replicate to remedy? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 03:44, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

== Images ==

I can't see any images on the website.

: This is remedied now. Thank you! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 15:57, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

== Caprica fonts on German site ==

Hi Joe, I hope you're fine. Is it possible please to add the two "Caprica" fonts on the German wiki root directory? It is already configured to have them, so it will appears as soon you import them. Thanks a lot! Cheers! --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 20:52, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
: Will do! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 02:25, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

== Old WikiFrakr content and other language wikis ==

WiiFrakr had some fantastic and hilarious content back in the day. Sadly this was lost in time. Is there a way to restore those pages back if a backup is available? Maybe instead of a separate sub-wiki, those pages can live under a namespace on the English Wiki.
Similarly, the other language wikis which existed are lost. Is it possible to restore them too? -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 20:39, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
: I believe a backup is available, but I haven't gotten to it, as I haven't prioritized it. As to the other language wikis, I don't believe there was much in the way of content, beyond the German and French versions that were restored. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 03:42, 4 July 2023 (UTC)

== New server ==

Hi Joe, I hope you're fine. Just to tell you that managed to upgrade my personal server to a stronger UC (Dell Precision Tower 7910 with 2 Xeon CPUs). The server is now running under Ubuntu. Cheers! -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] ([[User talk:LIMAFOX76|talk]]) 19:27, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

:Awesome! I'm doing well, and I hope that you are doing well, too! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 23:50, 26 July 2025 (UTC)

== PawPatroler ==

Hi. I saw you posted on his talk page last month and I just wanted to tell you he has been permabanned from dozens of wikis for disruptive editing and emailing users about wiki bans. [https://nookipedia.com/wiki/User%20talk:PawPatroler More information can be found in one wiki he was permabanned from]. I’d just banhammer him. [[Special:Contributions/70.54.235.122|70.54.235.122]] 17:38, 22 October 2025 (UTC)

:Appreciate your reaching out to me on this. Along with fellow admins from other language versions, we've found much the same regarding bans elsewhere. That said, we'll refrain from the "banhammer" as there have no disruptive edits here as of yet, beyond the initial message. [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)

== Quorum images and other information. ==

Hi,

Just added images from "[[Fragged]]" concerning Quorum delegates, at least the ones that correspond to those from "[[Colonial Day]]". And expanded on [[Oswyn Eriku]]'s page, something I picked up concerning Unnamed Delegate #3 and also something to possibly update the [[List of pilots]] page. - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 07:47, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

:Awesome Corey! I expect there to be discontinuities as production didn't keep tabs on these types of things, particularly as the show went on. We should note any contradictions, particularly as background or bit actors tend to play different characters throughout the run of the show. (Not to mention the same people tend to be reused throughout the prequels.) [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 16:03, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

== What...just happened? ==

I got emails indicating your profile was deleted. Thought you were leaving? [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 22:32, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

:Nothing of the sort. Vandalism from [[User:PawPatroler]] in moving my pages. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:PawPatroler#Your_second_email The user apparently has issues.] [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 07:38, 6 February 2026 (UTC)

::Oh, boy. Looks like you've had a fun day. And now they've tried with me. - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 11:31, 5 March 2026 (UTC)

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Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)

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{{unnamed characters series}}

This page lists all characters in the [[Re-imagined Series]]' who are civilians in {{RDM|the Fleet}} and who remain unintroduced.

== Baltar's Administration ==
Prior to the colonization of [[New Caprica]], [[Gaius Baltar]]'s administration included various aides circa {{ACH|2}}.

=== Baltar's Presidential Aide #1 ===
[[File:TRS - Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I - Baltar's Aide.jpg|thumb|An unnamed aide for [[Gaius Baltar]] observes the debate between him and [[Laura Roslin]] {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}.]]
An unnamed woman accompanies Baltar to his presidential debate against [[Laura Roslin]] aboard ''Galactica'', standing to [[Tom Zarek]]'s right during the proceedings {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}. She later stands behind Baltar when he is sworn in as president {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}.

She settles on [[New Caprica]] and is one of Baltar's sexual conquests. She is present when the Cylons arrive to present themselves on ''[[Colonial One]]'' {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}.
: ''This aide is portrayed by [[Amy Esterle]], who was uncredited for this role. She was identified via computer-aided facial recognition.''
{{clear}}

== Quorum of Twelve ==
Of the current [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], only [[Lee Adama]], [[Jacob Cantrell]], [[Reza Chronides]] and [[Dahlia]] are identified by names.

===Picon Delegate===
[[File:4x03 Picon Delegate.jpg|thumb|Picon Delegate]]
This woman is [[Picon (RDM)|Picon]]'s representative to the Quorum of Twelve during Roslin's second administration ("[[The Ties That Bind]]", "[[Escape Velocity]]", "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", "[[Sine Qua Non]]", "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]", "[[The Oath]]"). When during [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny the Quorum rebuffs Zarek, she and other delegates are executed by marines on Zarek's orders {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}.
: ''The "Picon Delegate" is portrayed by [[Judith Maxie]].''
{{clear}}

===Gemenon Delegate===
[[File:4x03 Speaking Delegate 1.jpg|thumb|Gemenon Delegate]]
This woman is [[Gemenon (RDM)|Gemenon]]'s representative to the Quorum of Twelve during Roslin's second administration ("[[The Ties That Bind]]", "[[Escape Velocity]]", "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", "[[Sine Qua Non]]", "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]"). She is temporarily replaced by an [[#Quorum Delegate|unintroduced quorum delegate]] in "[[The Oath]]" and "[[Blood on the Scales]]", when the Quorum is executed by marines on Tom Zarek's orders, and thus her fate is unknown.
: ''She is portrayed by [[Donna Soares]] and credited as "Speaking Delegate #1".''
{{clear}}

===Aerilon Delegate===
[[File:4x03 Delegate 9.jpg|thumb|Aerilon Delegate]]
This man is [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Aerilon|Aerilon]]'s representative to the Quorum of Twelve during Roslin's second administration ("[[The Ties That Bind]]", "[[Escape Velocity]]", "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", "[[Sine Qua Non]]", "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]", "[[The Oath]]"). When during [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny the Quorum rebuffs Zarek, he and other delegates are executed by marines on Zarek's orders {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}.
: ''He is portrayed by an uncredited extra, with no speaking lines.''
{{clear}}

===Libran Delegate===
[[File:4x04 Delegate 11.jpg|thumb|Libran Delegate]]
This man is [[Oswyn Eriku]], [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Libran|Libran]]'s representative to the Quorum of Twelve during both Roslin's first and second administration ("[[The Ties That Bind]]", "[[Escape Velocity]]", "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", "[[Sine Qua Non]]", "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]", "[[The Oath]]"). When during [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny the Quorum rebuffs Zarek, he and other delegates are executed by marines on Zarek's orders {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}.
: ''He is portrayed by an uncredited extra, with no speaking lines.''
{{clear}}

===Quorum Delegate===
[[File:4x08 Speaking Delegate 3.jpg|thumb|Quorum Delegate]]
This woman during three different Quorum sessions temporarily replaced three different regular delegates from three different [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|colonies]]. First, she replaced [[Reza Chronides]], from an unknown colony ("[[Sine Qua Non]]"), then the Tauron Delegate ("[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]"), and later the Gemenon Delegate ("[[The Oath]]"). When during [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny the Quorum rebuffs Zarek, she and other delegates are executed by marines on Zarek's orders {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}.
: ''She is portrayed by [[Veena Sood]] and credited as "Quorum Delegate". Her representing three different colonies on different occasions remains unexplained.''
{{clear}}

===Other delegates===
The colonies of origin of the following delegates are not known. They appear in "[[The Ties That Bind]]" and "[[Escape Velocity]]" and "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]". All of them also appear in "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]" and "[[Sine Qua Non]]" except for Unintroduced Delegate #3, who is temporarily replaced by Unintroduced Delegate #5, as well as in "[[The Oath]]", except for Unintroduced Delegate #4, who is replaced by Unintroduced Delegate #6. Delegates #1, #2, #3 and #6 are executed by Marines on Tom Zarek's orders, while the fate of the other two is unknown.
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:4x03 Delegate 7.jpg|Unnamed Delegate #1
Image:4x03 Delegate 8.jpg|Unnamed Delegate #2
Image:4x04 Delegate 10.jpg|Unnamed Delegate #3
Image:4x07 Delegate 12.jpg|Unnamed Delegate #4
Image:4x07 Delegate 13.jpg|Unnamed Delegate #5 (Delegate #3's replacement)
Image:The Oath Delegate.jpg|Unnamed Delegate #6 (Delegate #4's replacement)
</gallery>'''Behind the Scenes'''

* Unnamed Delegate #3 also appeared as a passenger sitting opposite Baltar in "[[33]]", one of several representatives meeting aboard the [[Astral Queen|''Astral Queen'']] following the break-away of the fleet by Roslin's loyalists in "[[Home, Part I]]" and as one of several seated individuals aboard ''Colonial One'' during Roslin's inauguration in "[[Collaborators]]". It is unknown if he is portraying the same character.

==Clergy==
===Priest===
[[File:Season 3 - Promo - Collaborators - Priest.jpg|thumb|The priest]]
Both president [[Gaius Baltar]] and, after the [[Second Exodus]], [[Laura Roslin]], are sworn in by this [[priest]].

:''This priest is played by actor [[Winston Rekert]] and appears in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", "[[Exodus, Part II]]" and "[[Collaborators]]".''

{{clear}}
===Priestess===
[[File:4x04 Priestess.jpg|thumb|A priestess]]
This priestess conducts the service at [[Cally Tyrol]]'s funeral. Later, her service is interrupted by an intrusion of [[Gaius Baltar]] and his [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}. Later, she swears in [[Lee Adama]] as the interim president of the Twelve Colonies {{TRS|Sine Qua Non}}.
:''This priestess is portrayed by [[Laara Sadiq]].''
{{clear}}

== ''Cloud 9'' ==
[[File:TRS - Sacrifice - Environmental Specialist.jpg|right|frameless]]

=== Environmental Specialist ===

After [[Lee Adama]] fools a carbon dioxide sensor alarm in the [[Starlight Lounge]] during [[Sesha Abinell]]'s hostage situation, an environmental specialist is called to repair it. [[Kara Thrace]] decides to use the opportunity by taking the cap and coveralls from this specialist, as part of an attempt to subdue the terrorists {{TRS|Sacrifice}}.

:''The unidentified specialist is portrayed by [[James Upton]].''

{{clear}}

=== Scorpia spectator ===
[[File:TRS - Colonial Day - Scorpia Spectator - 595.jpg|thumb]]
An unnamed [[Scorpia]] spectator is present when Sagittaron representative [[Tom Zarek]] arrives for the inaugural meeting of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TRS)|Quorum of Twelve]] aboard ''Cloud 9''. After yelling at Zarek, [[Leon Grimes]] engages him in Zarek's defense, before {{Callsign|Apollo}} breaks the squabble {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.
:''The Scopria spectator, credited as '''Spectator #1''', is portrayed by actor [[James Ashcroft]] in his first appearance in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. It is unknown if the [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Security Officer|security officer]] who he later portrays is intended to be the same character.''

{{clear}}

=== Security Officer ===
[[File:TRS - Black Market - Security Officer.jpg|thumb]]
After {{Callsign|Apollo}} is ambushed by [[Phelan]] and his henchmen in [[Shevon]]'s ''[[Cloud 9]]'' cabin, the officer arrives to discover that [[Jack Fisk]]'s [[Garrote Assassin|murderer]] is also present with a bullet in his head {{TRS|Black Market}}.
:''The security officer is portrayed by actor [[James Ashcroft]] in his last known appearance in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. It is unknown if the security officer is intended to be the same character as the [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Scorpia spectator|Scorpia spectator]] on'' Cloud 9 ''who has a tiff with [[Leon Grimes]].''

{{clear}}

==''Colonial One'' crew==

===''Colonial One'' captain===
[[File:Miniseries Colonial One Pilot.jpg|thumb]]
{{mainarticle|Colonial One captain}}
The unidentified captain of the government-chartered starliner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' (later renamed ''[[Colonial One]]'') in the [[Miniseries]].

:''The pilot, credited only as Transport Pilot, was portrayed by [[Barclay Hope]]. In the [[Battlestar Galactica (2005 Novel)|Miniseries novelization]] (which is treated as a [[Battlestar Wiki:separate continuity|separate continuity]] source), this character is identified as Captain [[Russo]].''
 

===''Colonial One'' co-pilot===
[[File:Miniseries Colonial One Co-Pilot.jpg|thumb]]
The unidentified co-pilot of the government-chartered starliner ''Colonial Heavy 798,'' later renamed ''[[Colonial One]]'' {{TRS|Miniseries|33}}.

He informs [[Billy Keikeya]] about ''One''<nowiki/>'s [[FTL]] drive issue leading into jump 239, wearing [[Colonial Fleet]] [[Insignia (RDM)|junior pilot wings]] instead of the civilian-style elite flight wings {{TRS|33}}.

:''The co-pilot was portrayed by [[Guyle Fraizer]], whose appearances are uncredited. In the [[Battlestar Galactica (2005 Novel)|Miniseries novelization]] (which is treated as a [[Battlestar Wiki:separate continuity|separate continuity]] source), the character is identified as [[Eduardo]].''

:''In the DVD commentary for the Miniseries, [[Ron D. Moore]] and David Eick point out that Frazier is one of the best extras they have, but he got no speaking lines whatsoever for the role of the pilot. They jokingly quipped that the actor always ''looks'' as if he wants to say something while in the cockpit, but always thinks better of it and keeps silent.''

== ''Colonial One'' passengers ==

=== Concerned Woman ===
[[File:TRS - Miniseries - Woman 3.jpg|right|frameless|274x274px]]
A concerned woman to [[Laura Roslin]]'s left has a brief discussion with her after Roslin announces word of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] to the passengers {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}.
:''The woman, credited as Woman #3, is played by [[BJ Harrison]].''
{{Clear}}

=== Concerned Man ===
[[File:TRS - Miniseries - Denzal Sinclaire as Man 3.jpg|right|frameless|299x299px]]
A concerned man next to [[Aaron Doral]] reacts to [[Laura Roslin]]'s news of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] to ''Colonial Heavy 798''<nowiki/>'s passengers {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}.
:''The man, credited as Man #3, is played by [[Denzal Sinclaire]].''
{{Clear}}

== [[Cult of Baltar]] ==

=== Post-Baltar Trial ===

==== Baltar Cultist #1 ====
[[File:TRS - Escape Velocity - Baltar Cultist 1.jpg|thumb|An unnamed [[Cult of Baltar|Baltar Cultist]] ([[Karyn Michelle Baltzer]]) observes [[Gaius Baltar]]'s beating by a [[marine]] {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}.]]
This unidentified member bears witness to Baltar, who attempts to rejoin the commune on ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'', falling and rising up after being repeatedly beaten by a marine {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}. She later sits before Baltar during one of his sermons {{TRS|The Road Less Traveled}}.
:''The actress was uncredited but identified via face recognition as [[Karyn Michelle Baltzer]], who would later become the wife of [[Ryan Robbins]].''
{{Clear}}

====Female Cultist====
[[File:Disquiet Cultist.jpg|thumb|A female cultist]]
An unidentified member of the Cult of Baltar who, when Baltar asks the members of his cult if they feel like they've transgressed against their God, answers that they've done nothing wrong and that they shouldn't have to suffer {{TRS|A Disquiet Follows My Soul}}.
:''Despite having spoken lines in the episode, the actress was uncredited.''
{{Clear}}

=== Post-[[Gaeta's Mutiny]] ===

==== Cozy Cultist #1 ====
[[File:TRS - Deadlock - Cozy Cultist 1.jpg|thumb]]
A cultist cozies up to Baltar's right upon his return to the commune, much to [[Paulla Schaffer]]'s displeasure {{TRS|Deadlock}}.

She later attends [[William Adama]]'s hangar deck speech, where he announces his intent to rescue [[Hera Agathon]] from [[The Colony]] {{TRS|Daybreak, Part I}}.

Prior to the [[Second Exodus]], she can be seen in the [[Starlight Lounge]] on ''Cloud 9'' during the hostage crisis {{TRS|Sacrifice}}.
: ''This cultist is portrayed by [[Anita T]], who was uncredited for this role. She was identified via computer-aided facial recognition.''
{{clear}}
[[File:TRS - Deadlock - Cozy Cultist 2.jpg|thumb]]

==== Cozy Cultist #2 ====
A cultist cozies up to Baltar's left upon his return to the commune, much to [[Paulla Schaffer]]'s displeasure {{TRS|Deadlock}}.
: ''This cultist is portrayed by [[Bethany Brown]], who was uncredited for this role. She was identified via computer-aided facial recognition.''
{{clear}}
== ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'' ==

=== ''Gemenon Traveler'' captain ===
[[File:TRS - Flesh and Bone - Gemenon Traveler Captain Airlocks Conoy.jpg|thumb|''[[Gemenon Traveler]]''{{'|s}} captain [[Airlock|airlocks]] [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] {{TRS|Flesh and Bone}}.]]
After discovery of [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|a copy]] of [[Leoben Conoy]] aboard, the captain contacts President [[Laura Roslin]], who wishes to interrogate the Cylon. Having had the most experience with Cylons, Lieutenant {{Callsign|Starbuck}} is ordered to interrogate and meets this captain, who presents Conoy to her. During this, she shares with him her observation regarding Conoy's ability to sweat, which he marvels at.

After Roslin puts an end to Thrace's interrogation, the captain oversees and implements Roslin's [[Airlock|airlocking]] of Conoy {{TRS|Flesh and Bone}}.
:''The unnamed captain was played by [[Eric Breker]], who later portrayed [[George Chu]] in "[[Sacrifice]]," a wholly different character.''
{{Clear}}

== Presidential Security ==

=== Bespectacled Officer ===
[[File:TRS - KLG2 - Bespectacled Officer.jpg|thumb|The bespectacled officer prepared to defend [[Laura Roslin]] on ''Colonial One'' {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.]]
An unnamed '''bespectacled officer''' is one of two guards to stand in front of [[Laura Roslin]] during a tense stand-off with ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''<nowiki/>'s [[Marines]] in Roslin's make-shift office on ''[[Colonial One]]''. The officer wears a wedding band, seen while brandishing his sidearm {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.

The officer later accompanies Roslin on [[New Caprica]] following her escape during events leading up to the [[Second Exodus]] {{TRS|Exodus, Part II}}.
: ''The officer was portrayed by [[Kevin Blatch]], who was uncredited but identified by computer-aided facial recognition. He also portrayed a [[Bespectacled CIC Operative|bespectacled CIC operative]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Due to the reuse of background extras throughout the series, it is not known whether the characters are intended to be the same people.''
{{clear}}

== Black Marketeers ==

=== Garrote Assassin ===
[[File:TRS - Black Market - Garrote Assassin - Promo.jpg|thumb|An unnamed [https://media.battlestarwiki.org/Garrote_Assassin garrote-wielding assassin] has {{callsign|Apollo}} at his mercy {{TRS|Black Market}}.]]
An unnamed male assassin using a wrist-mounted garrote is in [[Phelan]]'s employ circa {{ACH|1}}. He first becomes known by the Colonial military after garroting Commander [[Jack Fisk]] in his quarters aboard ''[[Pegasus (TRS)|Pegasus]]'' before Phelan himself, as a consequence of Fisk's disastrous attempt to undermine Phelan's control of the [[Black market (organization)|black market]]''.''

The assassin is subsequently part of a trap laid for {{Callsign|Apollo}} in [[Shevon]]'s quarters aboard ''[[Cloud 9]]'', strangling Adama with his garrote to the point of unconsciousness. After Adama regains consciousness, he discovers that the assassin has been executed with a single gun shot to the head in an adjacent room. [[Tom Zarek]] surmises that this was an offering by Phelan, so that the investigation into Fisk's murder could be easily closed without further repercussions to the marketeers {{TRS|Black Market}}.
: ''The unnamed assassin is uncredited and unidentifiable through computer-aided facial recognition.''

=== Phelan's Goateed Henchman ===
[[File:TRS - Black Market - Phelan's Goateed Henchman - Promo.jpg|thumb|[[Phelan]]'s goateed henchman {{TRS|Black Market}}.]]
An unnamed henchman with a goatee is involved with attempts to scare off {{Callsign|Apollo}} from investigating [[Jack Fisk]]'s assassination by [[The Fleet (TRS)|the Fleet]]'s [[Black market (organization)|black market]], first assaulting him in [[Shevon]]'s quarters on ''Cloud 9'', and later abducting Shevon and her daughter, [[Paya]]. This leads to a stand-off between Adama and the henchman's boss, [[Phelan]].

Following Phelan's public assassination by Adama on ''[[Prometheus (ship)|Prometheus]]'', the henchman can be seen accompanying [[Tom Zarek]] in ''Prometheus''<nowiki/>' black marketplace {{TRS|Black Market}}.
: ''The unnamed henchman was portrayed by stunt performer [[Rick Pearce]], who was uncredited for his appearance but later identified through computer-aided facial recognition.''

{{clear}}

== Post-New Caprica ==

=== Mistaken-for-Ellen Blonde Woman ===
[[File:BSG-TRS - Torn - Blonde Woman.jpeg|thumb|A woman whom [[Saul Tigh]] mistakes for [[Ellen Tigh|his wife]] {{TRS|Torn}}]]
An unnamed woman with long blonde hair who survives the [[Second Exodus]] has a run in with [[Saul Tigh]] in one of ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''<nowiki/>'s corridors. He mistakes her for his wife, [[Ellen Tigh]], much to the woman's distress; the woman then leads the young child in her apparent care away from the disturbed Tigh {{TRS|Torn}}.
: ''The captain was portrayed by [[Rachel Hayward]].''

{{Clear}}

==Other==
===''Botanical Cruiser'' captain===

[[File:Botanical Cruiser captain.jpg|thumb|The captain of the ill-fated Botanical Cruiser.]]

After beginning her assembly of a fleet of surviving civilian vessels, [[Laura Roslin]] talks to the captain of the [[Botanical Cruiser|''Botanical Cruiser'']], one of approximately twenty ships gathered not fitted with a [[FTL]] drive, assuring him that all his ship's vital needs will be attended to. However, he dies along with his crew and passengers, when the Cylons attack Roslin's nascent fleet at their rendezvous point approximately five hours from the orbit of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}.

: ''The captain was portrayed by [[Kwesi Ameyaw]].''

{{clear}}

=== D'anna Biers' staffer ===
[[File:TRS - Final Cut - D'Anna Biers' Staffer.jpg|thumb]]
An unnamed man brings two of ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''<nowiki/>'s [[marines]] to [[D'anna Biers]]' editing bay aboard an unidentified ship {{TRS|Final Cut}}.
:''The unnamed staffer was played by [[Yee Jee Tso]].''
{{Clear}}
===Gardener===
[[File:Gardener.png|thumb|A [[Cloud 9]] gardener listening to [[Thomas Zarek|Tom Zarek]]'s speech.]]

While [[Thomas Zarek|Tom Zarek]] is campaigning for the office of the president at [[Cloud 9]], he uses a gardener as an example of people still going through the motions of their old lives before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]] {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.

: ''The gardener was portrayed by [[Mario Battista]].''

{{clear}}

===Reporter===

[[File:Stephen Holmes.jpg|thumb|An unintroduced male reporter.]]

An unidentified reporter is present on ''[[Colonial One]]'' and on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' through Baltar's trial. He asks questions regarding the trial itself, and later on whether or not Roslin will receive another transfusion from [[Hera Agathon]].

: ''This reporter is played by actor [[Stephen Holmes]] and appears in "[[The Son Also Rises]]" through "[[Crossroads, Part II]]".''

{{clear}}

===Sons of Ares leader===
[[File:4x04 Sons of Ares leader.jpg|thumb|The leader of the Sons of Ares]]
An unidentified man leads the assault of the [[Sons of Ares]] on the [[Cult of Baltar]]. It is unknown whether he is a civilian or a member of ''Galactica''{{'|s}} crew {{TRS|Escape Velocity}}.
:''The Sons of Ares leader was played by [[Rob Hayter]], whose role was uncredited.''
{{Clear}}
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Oswyn Eriku

2025-12-22T07:25:38Z

CoreyDanian: Added on additional appearances as he and the Libran delegate in Season 4 are portrayed by the same actor so can be assumed to be the same character. Just needs a tidy up on the appearances and an image.

'''Oswyn Eriku''' is the [[Libran]] delegate of the {{RDM|Quorum of Twelve}} following the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. During the election of the interim Vice President, he voted for Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.

Following the arrest of President [[Laura Roslin]] and attempted assassination of [[William Adama]], Eriku later joins other representatives lead by [[Tom Zarek]] in journeying to ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'', in order to meet with Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] regarding the disruption of {{RDM|the Fleet}}'s leadership {{TRS|Fragged}}.

Eriku was later part of Gaius Baltar's presidential cabinet and was present when Cylon representatives [[Number Five]], [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Sharon Valerii]] arrived on [[New Caprica]] and boarded [[Colonial One|''Colonial One'']]. He was shocked when Baltar agreed to surrender on behalf of the people of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol]], leading to the four-month occupation by the Cylons ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

Surviving the occupation and subsequent exodus, he was present at Baltar's trial, seated with fellow Quorum delegates [[Miksa Burian]] and [[Elrad Hunt]] (TRS: "[[Crossroads, Part II]]).

Eriku continued to serve on the Quorum of Twelve, often seated between the [[Picon Delegate]] and the [[Gemenon Delegate]] directly opposite [[Leland Adama]] during sessions (TRS: "[[The Ties That Bind]]", "[[Escape Velocity]]", "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", "[[Sine Qua Non]]"). At one point, he voted in favour of Vice President [[Thomas Zarek]]'s motion to not allow rebel Cylons aboard any civilian ship without permission of said-ship's crew or passenger complement. (TRS: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]"). During [[Gaeta's Mutiny]], he and the rest of the Quorum (except Adama, the Gemenon Delegate and another female delegate) were shot dead on Zarek's order (TRS: "[[The Oath]]", "[[Blood on the Scales]]").

===Behind the Scenes===

* Oswyn Eriku was portrayed by an uncredited extra. Said extra also appeared in "[[Miniseries, Night 2]]" as a security guard who accompanied Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]'s boarding party to [[Ragnar Station]]. Out of all the original Quorum delegates, Eriku is the only one noted for serving in both incarnations of the body.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Eriku, Oswyn}}

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Talk:List of pilots

2025-12-22T07:11:30Z

CoreyDanian: /* Update to List. */ new section

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== Update to List. ==

I went through and checking through several BTS stuff. Not all of it correct but here's what I have for a possible fix and update.

The hardest parts were: Six of One (written flight roster), The Passage (that whiteboard continues to drive me nuts I still can't get everything), The Hand of God roster (the BTS shots have helped a little but not really enough).

Also of note, are we sure "Jolly" and Lieutenant Anders are the same character? Here I've treated them as otherwise. Same with Steve "Red Devil" Fleer and Gwen "Red Devil" Fleer. We have two "Stingers" and two "Thumpers" in the show.

Alive

Seen
{| class="wikitable"
| valign="top" |Rank
| valign="top" |Name
| valign="top" |Qualifications
| valign="top" |Last Seen (Mentioned)
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |Karl C. “Helo” Agathon
| valign="top" |RE
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Brendan “Hot Dog” Costanza
| valign="top" |VR
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Sharon “Athena” Agathon
| valign="top" |RO
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Jarrell “Fuzzy” Kief
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |A Disquiet Follows My Soul
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |Marcia “Showboat” Case
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Razor (Someone to Watch Over Me)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Steve “Red Devil” Fleer
| valign="top" |VR
| valign="top" |The Captain’s Hand
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Mei “Freaker” Firelli
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Resurrection Ship, Part II (Sometimes a Greater Notion)
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |Cole “Stinger” Taylor
| valign="top" |VR
| valign="top" |Resurrection Ship, Part I (The Captain’s Hand)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Joe “Hammerhead” Palladino
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Final Cut
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |George “Catman” Birch
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Home, Part I (Someone to Watch Over Me)
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Emmitt “Sweetness” Jones
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Home, Part I
|}
Mentioned Only
{| class="wikitable"
| valign="top" |Rank
| valign="top" |Name
| valign="top" |Qualifications
| valign="top" |Last Mentioned
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Lady Killer”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Bryan “Tailgate” Smith
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Chinstrap”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Seamus “Kingston” McCrae
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Cole “Doom” Metzger
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Stinger”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Toothcrusher”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Sparky”
| valign="top" |VR
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Thinman”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Thumper”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Letitia “L-Boogie” Holmes
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Kirk “Spiceman” Donner
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“K-Role”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Someone to Watch Over Me
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Gwen “Red Devil” Fleer
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Catbird”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Snaps”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Coran “Chopper” Dix
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Analy “Feline” Amante
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Troy “Sever” Minds
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Ricky “Two Times” Richardson
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Anumanda “Spender” Salas
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |River “Hiccup” Brigden
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sometimes a Greater Notion
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Space Katt”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Chinman”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Digger”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Famous”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Rocket”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Sharky”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Hyper”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Sniper”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Ninja”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Six of One
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Butch”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Crossroads, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Duke”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Crossroads, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Hex”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Son Also Rises
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Delphi “Falcon” Birch
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Chac “Ruins” Choben
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Clay “Flim-Flam” McKenzie
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Jacob “Slick” Calabos
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Jose “Trip” Montero
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Becca “Beetle” Andrewson
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Keenan “Buttermilk” Van Dyk
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Erika “Creeper” Merchantele
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Drew “Bomber” Wilson
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Ars “Snicker” Kelder
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |John “Snitch” Burke
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Oein “Deadbolt” Parker
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Tony “Buzzer” Long
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Brooks “Scary” Garner
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Ronald “Sonny” French
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Daniel “Flash” Sissons
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Shirley “Lefty” Ingot
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Frank “I-Zyk” Pooley
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |John “Bones” Lavell
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Melinda “Akbar” Montes
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Rosemary “Dinger” Bell
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Terry “Spider” McCall
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Brady “Deuce” Thompson
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Myra “Brakes” Poena
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Passage
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Rash”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Collaborators
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Bingo”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Occupation
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Wally”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Occupation
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Headcase”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Swordsman”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Anvil”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Gumball”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Raw Meat”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Toyon”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Strakus”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Playboy”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Polo”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Casey”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Adonis”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Gully Man”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Star Cloud”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Callan”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Snake”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Scar
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Bubba”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Scar
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Crash”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Scar
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Spooky”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Scar
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Nuke”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Scar
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Rebel”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Scar
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Guns”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Black Market
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Happy”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Black Market
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Quicky”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Black Market
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Rock Star”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Resurrection Ship, Part I
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Whiplash”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Pegasus
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Thumper”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Pegasus
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Grayshirt”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Final Cut
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |T. “Ranger” Rogers
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Resistance
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Spinner”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Stubbs”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Platano”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Bobo”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Hooper”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Mavro”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Bambits”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Fokker”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Bash”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Jackson”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Screamer”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Moser”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Joker”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Honey Bear”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Gong”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“P-Man”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Choochy”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Boss”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Hooch”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Frosty”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Hyper”
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Guy”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Sparky”
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Piper”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Val”
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |The Hand of God
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Beehive”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Tigh Me Up Tigh Me Down
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Greenback”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Act of Contrition
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Ice Cap”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |33
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“T-Bone”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |33, deleted scene
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Wedge”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |33, deleted scene
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Winger”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |33, deleted scene
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Carrot”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Keyhole”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Wedlock”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Genius”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Stalker”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1, deleted scene
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Blazer”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1, deleted scene
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Grunt”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“U-Top”
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Lancer”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1
|}

Inactive
{| class="wikitable"
| valign="top" |Rank
| valign="top" |Name
| valign="top" |Qualifications
| valign="top" |Last Seen (Last Mentioned)
|-
| valign="top" |Rear Admiral
| valign="top" |William J. “Husker” Adama
| valign="top" |VR
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |Colonel
| valign="top" |Saul Tigh
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |Major (retired)
| valign="top" |Lee “Apollo” Adama
| valign="top" |VRO
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |Aaron Kelly
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Blood on the Scales
|-
| valign="top" |Senior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Noel “Narco” Allison
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Blood on the Scales
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Diana “Hardball” Seelix
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Blood on the Scales
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Paolo “Redwing” McKay
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hub (The Oath)
|-
| valign="top" |Senior Lieutenant (retired)
| valign="top" |Daniel “Bulldog” Novacek
| valign="top" |VO
| valign="top" |Hero
|}
Deceased

Seen
{| class="wikitable"
| valign="top" |Rank
| valign="top" |Name
| valign="top" |Qualifications
| valign="top" |Death
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |Kara “Starbuck” Thrace
| valign="top" |VRO
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II (Vanished)
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Samuel T. “Longshot” Anders
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II (Suicide)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant (formerly)
| valign="top" |Sharon “Boomer” Valerii
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Margaret “Racetrack” Edmondson
| valign="top" |RE
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Hamish “Skulls” McCall
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Felix Gaeta
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Blood on the Scales (Executed)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Jay “Shark” Finnegan
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |The Face of the Enemy (Murdered)
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |“Easy” Esrin
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |The Face of the Enemy (Murdered)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Eammon “Gonzo” Pike
| valign="top" |VR
| valign="top" |The Hub (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |Louanne “Kat” Katraine
| valign="top" |VR
| valign="top" |The Passage (Radiation poisoning)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant (retired)
| valign="top" |Tucker “Duck” Clellan
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Occupation (Suicide bombing)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant (retired)
| valign="top" |Nora Farmer
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Resistance, Episode 4 (Assault)
|-
| valign="top" |Colonel
| valign="top" |Jurgen Belzen
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Razor (Executed)
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Richard “Buster” Bayer
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |The Captain’s Hand (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Lyla “Shark” Ellway
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |The Captain’s Hand (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Brent “BB” Baxton
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Scar (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Joseph “Jo-Jo” Clark
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Scar (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Commander
| valign="top" |Jack Fisk
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Black Market (Murdered)
|-
| valign="top" |Rear Admiral
| valign="top" |Helena Cain
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Resurrection Ship, Part II
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Alex “Crashdown” Quartararo
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |Fragged (Fratricide)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Loren “Karma” Baker
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Kobol’s Last Gleaming, Part II (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Sergeant
| valign="top" |Donald “Chuckles” Perry
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Fireball”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Stepchild”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Junior Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Dwight “Flat-Top” Sanders
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Act of Contrition (Accident)
|-
| valign="top" |Major
| valign="top" |Jackson “Dipper” Spencer
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|}
Mentioned Only
{| class="wikitable"
| valign="top" |Rank
| valign="top" |Name
| valign="top" |Qualifications
| valign="top" |Death
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Cartwheel”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Daybreak, Part II (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Sandman”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Sine Qua Non (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Tough Guy”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Carousel”
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |Braunelle “Puppet” Bronte
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Prior to Scar (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Captain
| valign="top" |Theo “Dash” Oberon
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Prior to Scar (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Beano”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Prior to Scar (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Reilly
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Prior to Scar (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Sheppard”
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |Prior to Scar (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Anders
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Jolly”
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|}
Unknown
{| class="wikitable"
| valign="top" |Rank
| valign="top" |Name
| valign="top" |Qualifications
| valign="top" |Source
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Lyn “Pookie” Zook
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |From War Room chalkboard (circa Season 4).
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Timo “Blindspot” Talamonte
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |From War Room chalkboard (circa Season 4).
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Wingnut”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |From War Room chalkboard (circa Season 4).
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Tackle”
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |From War Room chalkboard (circa Season 4).
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Poorboy”
| valign="top" |E
| valign="top" |From War Room chalkboard (circa Season 4).
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Skypilot”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |From War Room chalkboard (circa Season 4).
|-
| valign="top" |
| valign="top" |“Fieldgoal”
| valign="top" |R
| valign="top" |From War Room chalkboard (circa Season 4).
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Cody “Flea” Mandrake
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Nameplate from Official Battlestar Props Auction, Mark VII.
|-
| valign="top" |Lieutenant
| valign="top" |Paz “Silverstep” Huang
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Nameplate from Official Battlestar Props Auction, Mark VII.
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Breyon “Singer” Jaskaran
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Nameplate from Official Battlestar Props Auction, Mark VII.
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Emma “Greybill” Munroe
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Nameplate from Official Battlestar Props Auction, Mark II.
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Kraner “Sleeper” O’Kane
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Nameplate from Official Battlestar Props Auction, Mark VII.
|-
| valign="top" |Ensign
| valign="top" |Oliver “Stig” Gittes
| valign="top" |V
| valign="top" |Nameplate from Official Battlestar Props Auction, Mark VII.
|}
- [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 07:11, 22 December 2025 (UTC)

Rising Star (TRS)

2025-11-24T09:03:25Z

CoreyDanian: /* Notes */ wrong spot

{{disline|For the ship from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see: [[Rising Star (TOS)]].}}

{{Ship Data
| image= Rising_Star_RDM.jpg
| italic=y
| title=Rising Star
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Medical Transport
| status= Destroyed; flown into Sol upon reaching [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}
}}

'''''Rising Star''''' is a medical transport and is the location of the first birth of a Colonial since the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|33}}.

[[Ellen Tigh]] is placed aboard a [[Raptor|MEDEVAC Raptor]] hailing from the vessel by [[Number One|John Cavil]] shortly before it departs from [[Picon]] during the Fall {{TRS|No Exit|The Plan}}. She slips in and out of consciousness aboard the ship for three weeks and is attended to while being cryptically mocked by Cavil before [[William Adama]] locates her {{TRS|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down}}. She later procures a day-long stay there for her husband and herself, where she apparently meant for him to meet with agents of [[Tom Zarek]] {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.

''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} chief medical officer, Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]], is aboard ''Rising Star'' at the time of the attempted assassination of Commander [[William Adama]] {{TRS|Scattered}}.

The ship's name is notably absent on the [[:Image:Tally chalkboard.jpg|voting tally board]] on ''Galactica'' and the voting tally whiteboard on ''[[Colonial One]]'' {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}.

''Rising Star'' survives the exodus from [[New Caprica]], passage through the [[star cluster]] to the [[algae planet]] and the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] before it would be flown into [[Sol]] after the discovery of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] {{TRS|Exodus, Part II|The Passage|He That Believeth in Me|Daybreak, Part II}}.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:TRS - The Plan - Rising Star Medical Ward.jpg|[[John Cavil]] attends to a wounded [[Ellen Tigh]] aboard ''Rising Star'' in the aftermath of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|The Plan}}.
</gallery>

== Notes ==
* The ''Rising Star'' first appeared in the distant background in the establishing shot of the Fleet shortly after escaping [[Ragnar Anchorage]], flying in formation between the [[Celestra (RDM)]] and one of the [[Colonial Movers]] freighters over a [[Gemon Liners]] [[Luxury liner]] in the distant background as almost a small blob in the background not noticed or distinguished until the release of the Blu-Rays. The ship's first mention would be in "[[33]]", with the first birth in the fleet occurring here as mentioned by [[Billy Keikeya]]. The next mention would be in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]" then "[[Colonial Day]]" and a final mention in "[[Scattered]]" at the beginning of Season Two. The ship would then be seen properly distinguished in "[[Pegasus (episode)]]" flying just beyond [[Pegasus (TRS)|''Pegasus (''TRS)]] and [[Galactica (TRS)|''Galactica'' (TRS)]] in the first shot of the fleet following Admiral [[Helena Cain]]'s arrival. It wouldn't be until "[[Escape Velocity]]" in [[Season 4 (2008-09)]] where it would be part of main fleet formation shots. The ''Rising Star'' would be formally identified in "[[The Plan]]", albeit with a new colour scheme.
* Another vessel of the same design appears in "[[Razor]]" as part of the civilian fleet ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' encounters.
* Both designs are inspired by the design of the [[Original Series]]' ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]''.

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]
{{indicator|TRS}}[[Category:TRS]]

[[de:Rising Star (RDM)]]

Rising Star (TRS)

2025-11-24T02:40:39Z

CoreyDanian: /* Notes */ adding new information

{{disline|For the ship from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see: [[Rising Star (TOS)]].}}

{{Ship Data
| image= Rising_Star_RDM.jpg
| italic=y
| title=Rising Star
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Medical Transport
| status= Destroyed; flown into Sol upon reaching [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}
}}

'''''Rising Star''''' is a medical transport and is the location of the first birth of a Colonial since the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|33}}.

[[Ellen Tigh]] is placed aboard a [[Raptor|MEDEVAC Raptor]] hailing from the vessel by [[Number One|John Cavil]] shortly before it departs from [[Picon]] during the Fall {{TRS|No Exit|The Plan}}. She slips in and out of consciousness aboard the ship for three weeks and is attended to while being cryptically mocked by Cavil before [[William Adama]] locates her {{TRS|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down}}. She later procures a day-long stay there for her husband and herself, where she apparently meant for him to meet with agents of [[Tom Zarek]] {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.

''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} chief medical officer, Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]], is aboard ''Rising Star'' at the time of the attempted assassination of Commander [[William Adama]] {{TRS|Scattered}}.

The ship's name is notably absent on the [[:Image:Tally chalkboard.jpg|voting tally board]] on ''Galactica'' and the voting tally whiteboard on ''[[Colonial One]]'' {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}.

''Rising Star'' survives the exodus from [[New Caprica]], passage through the [[star cluster]] to the [[algae planet]] and the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] before it would be flown into [[Sol]] after the discovery of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] {{TRS|Exodus, Part II|The Passage|He That Believeth in Me|Daybreak, Part II}}.

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:TRS - The Plan - Rising Star Medical Ward.jpg|[[John Cavil]] attends to a wounded [[Ellen Tigh]] aboard ''Rising Star'' in the aftermath of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|The Plan}}.
</gallery>

== Notes ==
* The ''Rising Star'' first appeared in the distant background in the establishing shot of the Fleet shortly after escaping [[Ragnar Anchorage]], flying in formation between one of the [[Colonial Movers]] freighters and the ''[[Zephyr]]'' in the distant background as almost a small blob in the background not noticed or distinguished until the release of the Blu-Rays. The ship's first mention would be in "[[33]]", with the first birth in the fleet occurring here as mentioned by [[Billy Keikeya]]. The next mention would be in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]" then "[[Colonial Day]]" and a final mention in "[[Scattered]]" at the beginning of Season Two. The ship would then be seen properly distinguished in "[[Pegasus (episode)]]" flying just beyond [[Pegasus (TRS)|''Pegasus (''TRS)]] and [[Galactica (TRS)|''Galactica'' (TRS)]] in the first shot of the fleet following Admiral [[Helena Cain]]'s arrival. It wouldn't be until "[[Escape Velocity]]" in [[Season 4 (2008-09)]] where it would be part of main fleet formation shots. The ''Rising Star'' would be formally identified in "[[The Plan]]", albeit with a new colour scheme.
* Another vessel of the same design appears in "[[Razor]]" as part of the civilian fleet ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' encounters.
* Both designs are inspired by the design of the [[Original Series]]' ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]''.

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]
{{indicator|TRS}}[[Category:TRS]]

[[de:Rising Star (RDM)]]

Talk:Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)

2025-11-24T02:29:00Z

CoreyDanian: /* Libran Delegate */ Reply

== Libran Delegate ==

I'm pretty such, judging from "Colonial Day", the unnamed Libran delegate is Oswyn Eriku. They appear to have the same actor.

Also, you could easily get clearer images from "Fragged" for Miksa Burian of Aquaria, Elrad Hunt of Picon, Alisander Asiel of Aerilon, Perah Enyeto of Tauron and Eladio Puasha of Scorpia. They got the same actors in for them.

- [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 00:29, 2 October 2023 (UTC) [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 00:29, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

: Hi Corey! Indeed, working on getting High Def screencaps uploaded to the wiki across all the different subjects, now that everything is released on blu-ray. For instance, the [[Colonial Day/gallery]] page has a list of screencaps from that episode in question; same with [[Fragged/gallery]]. Working on getting the other stuff settled, too. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 01:36, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
::I know it has been a while but since Colonial Day allows us to identity who is who for the Quorum Delegates in later episodes, that means we could use screenshots from Fragged to represent Miksa Burian, Elrad Hunt (who actually was a background character in the Miniseries, she was on ''Colonial Heavy 798'' talking with the future Quorum delegate that sat to the Picon Delegate's left in Season 4 and was seen up close in 33 where he and another woman were looking at Baltar like he was nuts when they discussed the passenger manifest), Alisander Asiel, Perah Enyeto, Oswyn Eriku (Season 4 until Blood on the Scales) and Eladio Puasha, right? - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 02:29, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

The Fleet (TRS)

2025-11-24T02:25:19Z

CoreyDanian: /* Mentioned Only */ Few additional changes here and there. Updated information long out of date. Couldn't change redirect for Azimenarus (it's actually spelling).

{{disline|This article involves the fleet of [[FTL|faster-than-light]]-capable civilian ships in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on its [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] counterpart in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[The Fleet (TOS)]]. For general information on other articles pertaining to fleets, see: [[Fleet (disambiguation)]].}}

'''The Fleet''' is the convoy of ships sheltering the human survivors of the renewed [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attacks]] against the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Colonies]]. Alternatively, it can also be used to describe the surviving population.

{{clear}}
==Overview==

[[File:The Fleet.png|thumb|right|400px|''Galactica'' leads the Fleet.]]

* "The Fleet" originates as a convoy of about 60 commercial and civilian ships in the space surrounding {{RDM|Caprica}}. [[Laura Roslin]], with the aid of [[Sharon Valerii]], initiates the clustering of stranded vessels in the aftermath of the Cylon invasion of the Twelve Colonies, thus forming the convoy. Around twenty of these ships are abandoned to a squadron of attacking [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] because they either lack [[FTL]] drives, or are damaged, like the sub-light ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' and the un-powered ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]''.

*The remaining vessels join the battlestar ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]],'' the only Colonial warship [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] at the time to have survived the Cylon attack, in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]]. From this point on, ''Galactica'' shoulders the role of the Fleet's protector {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
** [[Anastasia Dualla|Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla]] explains that 53 ships jumped away from an attacking Cylon baseship, with 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives. Adding ''Galactica'' to this tally, the total number of ships is 64 {{TRS|33}}.
** [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Saul Tigh]]'s first statement that the 24 ships departing with the [[Laura Roslin faction]] represent "almost a third of the Fleet" implies that the number of ships in the Fleet is approximately in the mid-70's. However, Tigh later responds to the number of civilians joining Roslin by saying, "That's over a third of the people in the Fleet." Since the term "Fleet" is used interchangeably to describe both the ships and the civilian populace, this could imply that Tigh's previous statement was an estimate of the people who left and not the number of ships lost {{TRS|The Farm|Home, Part I}}.

* As an indicator of the crew and passengers aboard the ships, the phrase "the Fleet" also represents all of humanity. Usage of the term "the Fleet" has not gained more than an informal acceptance, as can be seen by President Roslin's continued use of the term ''President of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]]''.<ref>This may be interpreted either as an expression of hope that the people of the Fleet will re-establish themselves on a new world, or a psychological inability to accept the Fleet as the only home that humanity will know for a long time.</ref>

* The Fleet is joined by rebel Cylons, after their numbers are devastated in an ambush by forces loyal to the [[Number One]] model. The rebel basestar is later admitted into the Fleet, with a [[Number Six|Six]] named [[Sonja]] joining the new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] comprised of ship captains {{TRS|Someone to Watch Over Me}}.

* The ships of the Fleet would eventually be abandoned by the survivors four years after being forced to flee their homes. By this point the Fleet has fallen into disrepair, with ''Galactica'' no longer able to protect them. The stresses of combat - especially the [[Battle of New Caprica]] - and years spent in space without proper maintenance have taken their toll. Ultimately, the decision is made to abandon ''Galactica'' for the basestar, but it takes part in [[Battle of The Colony|one last operation]] against loyal Cylon forces.
* The Fleet is directed to their new home, a lush [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth|planet]] suitable for their needs that is unknown to any remaining loyal Cylons. The survivors agree to abandon the Fleet and it is flown into Earth's star, Sol {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.

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==Ships==

==== Seen ====

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! Name !! Role !! Last seen !! Notes
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| ''[[Astral Queen]]'' || Prisoner transport || [[The Plan]], [[Daybreak, Part II]] || Transporting 1,500 prisoners to {{RDM|Caprica}} for parole hearings at the time of the Cylon attack. Later the lead ship in [[Laura Roslin]]'s [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]].
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| ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' || Agricultural ship || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || An FTL-capable agricultural ship. A sublight version of this ship is destroyed in the [[Miniseries, Night 2|second night]] of the Miniseries.
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| ''[[Celestra (RDM)|Celestra]]'' || Scientific research || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II|| Seen in various fleet shoots.
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| ''[[Chrion]]'' || [[Luxury liner]] || [[The Passage]] || Successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]].
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| ''[[Colonial One]]'' || Transport ship, government || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Formerly ''Colonial Heavy 798''. Renamed after hosting surviving Colonial Government.
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|''[[Cybele]]'' || Cargo transport || [[The Plan]] || A copy of Simon refuses to blow up this ship and airlocks himself instead {{TRS|The Plan}}. Escorted by [[Raptors]] through a very dense star cluster to the [[algae planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}.
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| ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' || [[Refinery Ship]] || [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]] || Damaged by a suicide bomber (TRS: "[[Epiphanies]]").
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| ''[[Demetrius]]'' || Sewage recycling || Daybreak, Part II || Given to [[Kara Thrace]] and a select crew to try to find Earth. Later returned to the fleet.
|-
| ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' || [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], military || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || This is the last remaining [[Galactica type battlestar|original battlestar]] dating back to the [[Cylon War]]. It is the main protector and flagship of the Fleet, under direct command of [[William Adama]].
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| ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] is captured and held here for interrogation and, later, executed (TRS: "[[Flesh and Bone]]").
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| ''[[Gemini (RDM)|Gemini]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Used as a decoy in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] (TRS: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"). Later escorted through the star cluster (TRS: "The Passage").
|-
| ''[[Gideon]]'' || Supply ship || [[The Son Also Rises]] || A supply ship involved in an incident where four civilians are killed by ''Galactica'' [[Marines]] (TRS: "[[Resistance]]").
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| ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' || [[Refinery ship]] || Daybreak, Part II || The ship is the site of the worker's strike (TRS: "[[Dirty Hands]]") and a mutiny authorized by [[Tom Zarek]] (TRS: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").
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| ''[[Kimba Huta]]'' || Cold storage vessel || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II || Tom Zarek, Laura Roslin and Lee Adama hide out aboard this ship after Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' (TRS: "[[The Farm]]").
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| ''[[Majahual]]'' || [[Mining ship]] || [[Scar]] || Mined crucial metals needed to build [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s several months after the attacks (TRS: "Scar").
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| ''[[Monarch]]'' || Mining ship || [[Collaborators]] || A mining ship that joins the [[Laura Roslin faction]] (TRS: "Home, Part I").
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| ''[[Prometheus (ship)|Prometheus]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Commanded by [[Doyle Franks]], ''Prometheus'' has a reputation as an "off the grid" freighter involved in the [[black market (organization)|black market]] (TRS: "[[Black Market]]").
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| ''[[Rebel basestar]]'' || [[Basestar (RDM)#Modern Basestar|Basestar]], military || Daybreak, Part II || Basestar of the Rebel Cylons that joins the Fleet as part of an alliance against Cavil's forces, later officially joining the Fleet after the Quorum of Twelve is dissolved and the Quorum of Ships' Captains is created.
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|''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'' || Medical transport || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || A medical transport vessel in the fleet (TRS: "[[33]]," "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[The Plan]]").
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| ''[[Striker]]'' || Scientific research || [[Home, Part II]] || Damaged in a refueling operation overseen by Captain [[George Birch]] (TRS: "Home, Part II").
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| ''[[Thera Sita]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || A ship escorted by Apollo through a dense star cluster (TRS: "[[The Passage]]". Later, 301 passengers from the ship were transferred to ''Galactica'' while the ship was repaired (TRS: "[[The Woman King]]"
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| ''[[Triton_(civilian_ship)|Triton]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Sine Qua Non]] || Home "with a view" of [[Romo Lampkin]] (TRS: "Sine Qua Non")
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| ''[[Virgon Express]]'' || Salvage and repair || The Plan, [[Downloaded]] || Undergoes underway water replenishment from ''Galactica'' several days after the attacks (TRS: "[[Water]]").
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| ''[[Zephyr]]'' || Passenger liner || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Arguably the easiest identifiable civilian ship due to its large ring. It is severely damaged during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] (TRS: "[[He That Believeth in Me]]".
|}

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==== Mentioned Only ====

Unless otherwise mentioned, the following ships are only listed on the [[:Image:Tally chalkboard.jpg|voting tally board]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".<ref>Note that the tally board in question contains inaccuracies regarding the number of votes, and thus should not be used to determine the population aboard each vessel.</ref>

Many of these ships are mentioned or featured again, as the production generated a master list for reference.

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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Adrasteia}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
In Greek mythology, [[w:Adrasteia|Adrasteia]] (also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestea, and Adastreia) was a nymph who was charged by Rhea to raise the infant Zeus in secret to protect him from his father Cronus (Krónos) in the Dictaean cave.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Amduatey}}'' || On the voting tally board ''Galactica'' but absent from the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens. Part II".
The ship is named after the [[Wikipedia:Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[Wikipedia:Amduat|Amduat]], which literally means "That Which is in the Afterworld". It was an important funeral text usually inscribed in the tombs of pharoahs. The Amduat told the story of the sun god [[Wikipedia:Ra|Ra]], who set in the evening and traveled through the underworld at night, only to rise again in the morning. It was understood that the dead pharaoh was taking the same journey, through the underworld, only to rise again with Ra as an immortal in the morning.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Aether}}'' || ''Azimenarus'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is not on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
In Greek mythology, [[w:Aether (mythology)|Aether]] is one of the Protogenos (first-born). He is the personification of the "upper sky," space, and heaven, and the elemental god of the "Bright, Glowing, Upper Air." He is the pure upper air that the gods breathe, as opposed to regular air, the gloomy lower air of the Earth, which mortals breathe.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Argo Navis}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
Captained by [[Simpson Markson]], who is selected to be a judge at Gaius Baltar's trial <ref>The name and the ship are noted in the [[Sources:The Son Also Rises|script]] for "[[The Son Also Rises]]," but not mentioned on screen.</ref>. [[w:Argo Navis|Argo Navis]] was a large southern constellation representing the Argo, the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology.
|-
|''[[Aurora (ship)|Aurora]]'' || On the voting tally board ''Galactica'' but absent from the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens. Part II". A ship in the fleet that was home to a friend of [[Emily Kowalski]] {{TRS|Faith}}.
In Roman mythology, [[w:Aurora (mythology)|Aurora]] is the goddess of dawn. This [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|goddess]] also exists within the series's own mythology.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Azimenarius}}'' || ''Azimenarus'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is not on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
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|''[[Baah Pakal]]'' || The XO of the ship was a friend of [[Saul Tigh]]'s. They held a pair of DDG-62 engines that would be used in the [[Blackbird]]'s construction {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}}. Later appeared on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Boreas}}'' || Named for the [[w:Boreas|god of the north wind]] in Greek mythology. ''Boreas'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is absent from the master tally board on ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Breton}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Carillon Trader}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' (mis-spelled as ''Carillian Trader'') and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
In the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], [[Carillon]] is the infamous "casino planet" from "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Cassandra}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
Named for the [[w:Cassandra|daughter]] of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy who had the power of prophecy, but was cursed so that no one believed her.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Coba}}'' || ''Coba'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Clymene}}'' || ''Clymene'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is absent from the master tally board on ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Several women and deities in Greek myth are named [[wikipedia:Clymene|Clymene]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Dahshur}}'' || ''Dahshur'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Diomedes}}'' || ''Diomedes'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Presumably named for the ancient hero of the Trojan War of the [[w:Diomedes|same name]].
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Embla Brokk}}'' || On the voting tally board on ''Galactica'' but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
The name ''Embla Brokk'' may be derived from the names of two figures in Norse mythology: Embla, the first woman, and [[w:Brokkr|Brokkr]], a dwarf who helped create Draupnir (a magical ring) and [[w:Mjolnir|Mjolnir]] (Thor's hammer).
|-
|''Endymion''
|''Endymion'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Enkidu}}''|| On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
Among the first ships to navigate the star cluster to the [[algae planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}. 
Named after the [[wikipedia:Enkidu|Enkidu]] of the [[wikipedia:Sumerian mythology|Sumerian mythological]] [[wikipedia:Epic of Gilgamesh|epic of Gilgamesh]].
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Epheme}}''|| On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
The Epheme may be named for a minor character in Greek mythology who was nurse to the [[w:Muse|Muses]].
|-
|''[[Faru Sadin]]'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Successfully guided through the [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]] to the algae planet by [[Louanne Katraine|Captain Louanne "Kat" Katraine]], who sacrifices her life in the process (The Passage).
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Freighter 212}}'' || A ship on which Lieutenant (later Captain) Louanne "Kat" Katraine apparently has some "buddies" {{TRS|Final Cut}}. 
Indications are that "Freighter 212" is merely the hull number for the ship, as this name is not written on either tally boards during the election in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Galatea}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
Probably named for a main character in the Greek myth of [[w:Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]]. Pygmalion, a sculptor, creates a statue of a woman, which is so beautiful that he falls in love with it, and the gods reward him by bringing her ([[w:Galatea (mythology)|Galatea]]) to life.
|-
|''[[Greenleaf]]'' || A freighter mentioned several times in the series ("[[Epiphanies]]," "[[Sacrifice]]," "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Harrak}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' (mis-spelled as ''Harak'') and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Hexare}}'' ||On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Inchon Velle}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". When [[Kara Thrace]] has disturbing dreams about [[Leoben]] and the [[Eye of Jupiter|mandala]] in her apartment, {{callsign|Karl Agathon}} suggests that she see a psychiatrist on ''Inchon Velle'' {{TRS|Maelstrom}}. Also where a [[Gerard|brain surgeon]] was brought over from to oversee [[Samuel T. Anders]]' brain surgery {{TRS|No Exit}}.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Kara Nixal}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Kiya}}'' || ''Kiya'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|McConnell}}'' || Commander [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] made runs to this ship in order to build up a stock pile of supplies for the [[black market (organization)|black market]] {{TRS|Black Market}}. The ship is on neither ''Colonial One'' nor ''Galactica'''s tally boards in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Mutem Wia}}'' || ''Mutem Wia'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''Nehalennia''
|''Nehalennia'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Odysseus}}'' || Named for the [[w:Odysseus|hero]] in Greek mythology who fought in the Trojan War and was the subject of Homer's epic ''[[w:Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Persephone}}'' || ''Persephone'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". [[w:Persephone|Persephone]] is the daughter of the goddess [[w:Demeter|Demeter]]. She is forced to marry the god of the underworld, [[w:Hades|Hades]], but Demeter works out a compromise where Persephone is allowed to return to the world of the living for a portion of the year.
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|''[[Picon 36]]'' || Presumed to have jumped away with the FTL-capable ships in the [[Miniseries]]. Chances are, this is just a hull number for another ship in one of these lists.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Picon Princess}}'' || ''Picon Princess'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Rhadamanthys}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Salpica}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended cut]] of "[[Unfinished Business]]," ''Salpica'' is mentioned as the ship [[Samuel Anders]] lives on after the escape from New Caprica and before moving permanently to ''Galactica''.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Sargon}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
May be named after either [[w:Sargon I (Assyrian king)|Sargon I]] or [[wikipedia:Sargon II|Sargon II]], ancient Assyrian kings on Earth.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Scorpia Traveller}}'' || After disembarking from ''Scorpia Traveller'', a copy of the humanoid Cylon [[Aaron Doral]] evades security checkpoints, nearly succeeding in the assassination of [[William Adama]] in a suicide bombing {{TRS|Litmus}}. The ship is not on either tally board in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Swordfish}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tarbadek}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tauranian Traveller}}'' || Mentioned in a deleted scene in "[[33]]". Later seen on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tora Bashiri}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
"Tora bashiri" is Japanese for "tiger's run." It is a term used in [[wikipedia:Iaido|Iaido]], a Japanese martial art.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Vena Capa}}'' || ''Vena Capa'' is on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Virga}}'' || ''Virga'' is on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Ziusudra}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' (mis-spelled as ''Ziusuda'') and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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==== Destroyed Before Reaching Earth ====

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| ''[[Adriatic|Adriatic]]'' || Unknown || [[The Passage]] || A member of the Roslin faction armed with ship-to-ship missiles {{TRS|Home, Part I}}. Lost in transit in a [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]].
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| ''[[Carina]]'' || ''[[Flattop]]''-type salvage and repair ship || The Passage || Lost in transit in a star cluster.
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| ''[[Cloud 9]]'' || [[Luxury liner]], civilian/government || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || The ship is destroyed by a nuclear warhead detonated by [[Gina Inviere]], resulting in the destruction of at least three other ships.
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| ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' || Luxury liner || [[33]] || Destroyed by [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] after an apparent Cylon takeover.
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| ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' || [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], military || [[Exodus, Part II]] || Surviving crew and planes absorbed by ''Galactica''.
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| ''[[Pyxis]]'' || Luxury liner || [[He That Believeth in Me]] || Commanded by Captain [[Jules Tarney]], this ship is successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]], but later destroyed in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] resulting in 600 deaths.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Colonial Movers || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || One of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud 9'' disaster.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Yellow Vessel || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || Two of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud 9'' disaster.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Long-necked Vessel || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || Three of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud 9'' disaster.

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==== Ships Not Part of ''Galactica'''s Fleet ====

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! Name !! Role !! Last seen !! Notes
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| ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' || Agricultural and transport vessel || [[Miniseries]] || A sublight-only vessel that is destroyed by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] after the Fall, before Roslin's fleet rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar]].
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| ''[[Diana (TRS)|Diana]]'' || Gemenese civilian transport || Mentioned only || First Cylon War. Ship's crew and passengers were abducted by the Cylons for experimentation.
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| ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Miniseries]] || Abandoned after the passengers and crew are evacuated to ''Colonial One'', an unnamed flat top, and an unnamed transport.
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| ''[[Scylla]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Razor]] || One of a small fleet of ships encountered by the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.
|}

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==Population Demographics==
A few points of information are available concerning the demographics of the Fleet. In "[[33]]," before the destruction of the Olympic Carrier, there are 5,251 survivors from Sagittaron and 49,998 total survivors. In "[[Home, Part I]]," the [[Laura Roslin faction]] leaves the Fleet with 18,000 individuals, of which 9,500 ware Gemenese and 6,250 were Capricans. At that time the total population of the Fleet is 47,857. This information is sparse, but it gives a general idea of the population breakdown of the Fleet if a few assumptions are made for the sake of argument.
*Note that Gemenon and Caprica have more citizens in the Roslin faction alone than Sagittaron has in the entire Fleet. The Twelve Colonies are clearly not represented in equal proportion.
*Before the destruction of ''Olympic Carrier'', Sagittaron natives make up 10.50% of the Fleet. Solely for the purpose of argument, it is assumed that ''Olympic Carrier'''s population breakdown was identical to the rest of the Fleet's and that Sagittaron continues to make up 10.50% of the Fleet's total population.
*The figures from the Roslin faction can be interpreted in several ways:
<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[File:Demographics1.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 1: All Gemenese and Capricans jump to Kobol with the Roslin faction.
::*Caprica: 6,250 persons (13%)
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (20%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 27,081 (57%){{clear}}<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[File:Demographics2.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 2: All Gemenese jump to Kobol with the Roslin faction, lured by the "religion card," but the Caprican portion of the Roslin faction is representative of the Fleet.
::*Caprica: 28,204 persons (59%)
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (20%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 5,127 persons (11%){{clear}}<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[File:Demographics3.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 3: Caprican and Gemenese portions of the Roslin faction are representative of the Fleet.
::*Caprica: 16,617 persons (35%)
::*Gemenon: 25,258 persons (53%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 956 (2%){{clear}}*Although it is plausible that the Caprican population is substantially larger than the other Colonies, as ''Colonial Heavy 798'' is in the vicinity when the attack begins, and is the nucleus around which the Fleet rallies, it is unlikely that the populations of each colony are grossly unequal, or else the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] would be a very poor system of government. The likeliest scenario is therefore somewhere in between assumptions 1 and 2, with nearly all of the Gemenon population (drawn by the "religion card") and a large portion of the Caprican population leaving with Roslin.
*Alternatively, it is possible that the population of the Colonies are grossly unequal. Although the structure of the Quorum of Twelve appears to maintain at least a fiction that the Colonies are roughly equal, next to nothing is known about how the [[Government|governmental]] system of the Colonies was established or how it evolved over time. Indeed, the United States Senate, for example, by design expressly assumes that the various states constituting it are 'equal' even though this is clearly not the case in terms of their respective populations. Furthermore, the fact that a system of government is 'poor' or else not representatively proportional does not mean it cannot actually be implemented and even survive for long periods of time.
*In the [[Caprica pilot|''Caprica'' pilot]], it is revealed that Caprica and Gemenon are in very close proximity. Since the Fleet formed up around ''Colonial One'', which was in the vicinity of Caprica at the time of the attack, the over-representation of the Caprican and Gemenese portion of the Fleet is now explained.

As for the population distribution, the population of several ships is known: ''Galactica'' (2,693 as of "[[Water]]"), ''Olympic Carrier'' (1,345 as of "[[33]]"), ''Astral Queen'' (1,500 as of "[[Bastille Day]]," [[List of retcons (RDM)|retconned]] up from 500 in the Miniseries) and ''Pyxis'' (600 when destroyed in "[[He That Believeth in Me]]"). There are 176 civilians in the cargo hold of ''[[Colonial One]]'' in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". The Fleet is stated at about 75 ships in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]," retconned up from 40 in the Miniseries.
*Going by the 75 ship count, the remaining ships besides ''Galactica'' and ''Astral Queen'' each carry about 600 persons on average.
*The 23 ships that leave with the [[Laura Roslin faction]], apart from ''Astral Queen'', would have an average population of about 720 persons per ship.

The Fleet's population has declined by about 8,000 since the above.

== Analysis ==

* By the time of Felix Gaeta's and Tom Zarek's mutiny aboard ''Galactica'' {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}, dialogue indicates that the Fleet is down to the very low figure of 35 civilian ships, a surprising loss of about half the initial ships from "[[33]]". Most of these losses remain unaccounted for, as very few civilian ships have been seen or heard to be actually lost on screen. Given that the human population has only declined by about one fifth at this point rather than a similar half, this could be a continuity error or retcon, or the remaining ships would have had to nearly double the number of civilians aboard to compensate. It is possible in the context of the dialogue in the episode that the figure of 35 referred only to the number of ships initially loyal to the mutineers.
* The political and social troubles befalling the Fleet as it wanders through space, serve as a metaphor for all of humanity, since the Fleet literally ''is'' what is left of humanity in the television series.

==See Also==
* [[Gemon Liners]]
* [[Pan Galactic]]
* [[Sagitarrian Spaceways]]
* [[Five-engined vessel]]
* [[Wedge-shaped vessel]]
* [[Tubed vessel]]
* [[Two-engine cargo vessel]]
* ''"[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]"'' - The ship itself is [[Yellow vessel|unnamed]], but clearly identifiable as ''Kodiak'', the command ship of the GDI faction from ''[[w:Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun|Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]]''.

==Notes==
*Unofficially, many viewers refer to the Fleet as the "RTF"; "Rag-Tag Fleet," or more fully, "RTFF." These nicknames come from the term "Rag-Tag Fugitive Fleet," a name used in the closing credits voice over of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] (performed by series star [[Lorne Greene]]), describing the [[The Fleet (TOS)|civilian refugee fleet]].
* In the [[Miniseries]], astute viewers may recognize three spacecraft with notable resemblances of ships from other SF universes. The first two of these ships aren't considered a [[Canon|canonical]] part of the series or the Fleet, but their appearance adds a bit of humor, and pays homage to other notable science fiction and their creative staff.
** ''Serenity'', the central ship from the TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' and the motion picture ''[[Wikipedia:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]'', [[:md:Image:SerenityBSGMini.JPG|appears briefly in the sky]] outside the window of a doctor's office where viewers first see [[Laura Roslin]]. The ship does not appear in the Fleet.
** The original USS [[MemoryAlpha:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] from the original ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' TV series makes a cameo in the [[:md:Image:Enterprise in fleet.jpg|last shot of the Fleet]] as [[Elosha]] chants a prayer in the memorial service near the end of the Miniseries. Look to the upper right corner for the ship in a still frame. All Season 1 [[opening credits]] use this shot, so ''Enterprise'' makes a very quick appearance with each of the first 13 episodes (This is best viewed from the [[Season 1 DVD]] set).
** The ill-fated [[Botanical Cruiser]] in the Miniseries was added in homage to the [[Agro Ship]] from the Original Series, which in turn were the re-used models from the SF film ''[[Silent Running]]'', a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior. At least one FTL-capable version of this ship survives and exists in the Fleet {{TRS|The Passage}}.
* It is worth noting that inconsistencies of fleet numbers and on-screen visual representing. While dialogue in Season 1 and through to mid-Season 2, indicates between '''64''' and '''75''' ships, a count of every background ship until the end of the series will give you at least '''101''' ships, even accounting for losses in earlier episodes. This discrepancy was never addressed throughout the run of the series.
* [[Battlestar Galactica Blue Prints|A list of blueprints]] of ships in the Fleet is available.
** These are considered non-canon.
* In a deleted scene from [[Litmus]], the ''Coronis'', as a ship carrying people who are unhappy about being last in food ration distribution, is mentioned. However, it is not present on either the master tally board on ''Galactica'' or the whiteboard tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". As ''Coronis'' has not been mentioned in any canonical capacity, it is considered totally abandoned by the producers.
** In Greek mythology [[w:Coronis (Greek mythology)|Coronis]] is the name of several figures.
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Talk:Quorum of Twelve (TRS)

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== Additional notes ==

When I was last glancing at screenshots for '''Fragged''', I noted something. The extras who portrayed Miksa Burian (Aquaria/Aquarion), Elrad Hunt (Picon), Alisander Asiel (Aerilon), Perah Enyeto (Tauron), Oswyn Eriku (Libran) and Eladio Puasha (Scorpia) appear alongside Tom Zarek (Sagittaron), Marshall Bagot (Virgon) and Sarah Porter (Gemenon). Thanks to the ballroom shot of all twelve delegates in '''Colonial Day''', you can spot who is who in the scenes of delegates going into the ball room on ''Cloud 9''. The only ones missing from '''Fragged''' after Robin Wenutu (Canceron) and Safiya Sanne (Leonis) and they have been replaced by two men while a third man is there (one of them is likely the new Caprican delegate after Baltar became Vice President).

Also when looking at the Season 4 screenshots for Quorum meetings: The seating arrangements per episodes were such:

The Ties That Bind (4.03)

Vice President (Zarek) - President (Roslin) - Presidential Advisor (Tory)

Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque) directly opposite Reza Chronides (Sagittaron plaque)

Picon Delegate (unidentified plaque) directly opposite Unnamed Man (Libran plaque)

Oswyn Eriku * (unidentified plaque **) directly opposite Lee Adama (Caprica plaque)

Gemenon Delegate (unidentified plaque **) directly opposite Dahlia (unidentified plaque)

Unnamed Woman (Scorpia plaque) directly opposite Unnamed Woman (unidentified plaque)

Jacob Cantrell (Canceron plaque) directly opposite Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque)

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Same extra from Season 1 and 2 to portray Oswyn Eriku

<nowiki>**</nowiki> Could be the Aerilon plaque

Escape Velocity (4.04)

Vice President (empty) - President (Roslin) - Presidential Advisor (Tory)

Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque) directly opposite Gemenon Delegate (unidentified plaque)

Picon Delegate (unidentified plaque) directly opposite Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque)

Oswyn Eriku (unidentified plaque) directly opposite Lee Adama (Caprica plaque [presumably])

Reza Chronides (unidentified plaque) directly opposite Dahlia (unidentified plaque)

Unnamed Woman (unidentified plaque) directly opposite Unnamed Woman (unidentified plaque)

Jacob Cantrell (unidentified plaque) directly opposite Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque)

Guess What's Coming to Dinner? (4.07)

Vice President (Zarek) - President (Roslin) - Presidential Advisor (Tory)

Unnamed Replacement Man (unidentified plaque) opposite Reza Chronides (unidentified plaque)

Picon Delegate (unidentified plaque) opposite Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque)

Oswyn Eriku (unidentified plaque) opposite Lee Adama (Caprica plaque [presumed])

Gemenon Delegate (unidentified plaque) opposite Dahlia (unidentified plaque)

Jacob Cantrell (unidentified plaque) opposite Unnamed Woman (unidentified plaque)

Unnamed Woman (unidentified plaque) opposite Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque)

Sine Qua Non (4.08)

Unnamed Replacement Man (Leonis plaque) opposite Quorum Delegate (Aquarion plaque)

Picon Delegate (Picon plaque) opposite Unnamed Man (Aerilon plaque)

Oswyn Eriku (unidentified plaque) opposite Lee Adama (Caprica plaque)

Gemenon Delegate (unidentified plaque) opposite Dahlia (unidentified plaque)

Jacob Cantrell (unidentified plaque) opposite Unnamed Woman (Scorpia plaque)

Unnamed Woman (unidentified plaque) opposite Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque)

A Disquiet Follows My Soul (4.12)

Vice President (Zarek, technically) - President (absent) - Chairman (absent)

Unnamed Man (Virgon plaque) opposite Reza Chronides (Sagittaron plaque)

Picon Delegate (Aquarion plaque) opposite Unnamed Man (Aerilon plaque)

Oswyn Eriku (Libran plaque) opposite Lee Adama (Caprica plaque)

Gemenon Delegate (Gemenon plaque) opposite Quorum Delegate (Tauron plaque)

Jacob Cantrell (Picon plaque) opposite Unnamed Woman (Scorpia plaque)

Unnamed Woman (Canceron plaque) opposite Unnamed Man (Leonis plaque)

The Oath (4.13) and Blood on the Scales (4.14)

Vice President (Zarek, technically) - President (absent) - Chairman (absent)

Unnamed Man (Virgon plaque) opposite Unnamed Woman (unidentified plaque *)

Picon Delegate (Aquarion plaque) opposite Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque)

Oswyn Eriku (Libran plaque) opposite Lee Adama (Caprica plaque [presumably])

Quorum Delegate (unidentified plaque) opposite Dahlia (unidentified plaque)

Jacob Cantrell (unidentified plaque) opposite Unnamed Replacement Woman (unidentified plaque)

Reza Chronides (Sagittaron plaque) opposite Unnamed Man (unidentified plaque)

<nowiki>*</nowiki> The Canceron plaque was spotted here in this seat in '''No Exit''' so it could be presumed it was meant to be there.

Interesting to note that not all the time were Cantrell and the Picon Delegate never really sat in the seat with their actual colony plaques (except for the Picon Delegate in Sine Qua Non) at all, with Reza Chronides most identified with the Sagittaron plaque.

I plan to do a deeper dive next time I watch the episodes to get their placements better. But should we make notes about the plaques seating situation in the episodes or here on the Quorum of Twelve page? - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 02:11, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

Talk:Rycon

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== Destroyed at cosmara? ==

I don't recall anything in ''Taking the Celestra'' that indicates the ''Rycon'' was lost at the Battle of the Cosmara Archipelago? Only that Commander Kronus earned acclamation for destroying multiple baseships. - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 04:21, 12 August 2024 (UTC) [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 04:21, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Daru Mozu

2024-03-18T09:20:07Z

CoreyDanian: Moved speculation to Notes since its only fan speculation.

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| image= Refinery Ship.jpg
| title= Daru Mozu
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian industrial
| ftl= Yes
| propol= 2x sublight engines
| role= [[Tylium]] [[refinery ship|Refinery]] Replenishment tylier
| status= Scuttled, circa 4 ACH
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'''''Daru Mozu''''', also known as '''''Refinery 322'''''<ref>[[:md:Image:Refinery 322.jpg|Nameplate on the ''Daru Mozu'''s hull.]]</ref> is a [[tylium (RDM)|tylium]] [[refinery ship]] that part of the surviving [[The Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]], following the exodus of the Twelve Colonies. It was found by [[Laura Roslin]] aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'' shortly after the onset of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] at the hands of the Cylons. It assists in replenishing Roslin's fleet before being forced to make an FTL jump to [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. From there, it is guarded by the battlestar ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' as the fleet makes an escape towards the [[Prolmar Sector]] {{TRS|Miniseries}}.

The ship received Tylium mined by ''[[Monarch]]'' and ''[[Majahual]]'' following the successful capture of a Tylium asteroid from the Cylons. {{TRS|The Hand of God}}.

Fleet ships were refueled by pulling along side, and connecting to the ship {{TRS|Home, Part I}}.

Around six months after the exodus, a member of [[Demand Peace]] blew a hole in the forward section of the ship, killing herself and several members of the crew. The damage was eventually repaired {{TRS|Epiphanies}}.

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==Notes==
* In "[[Home, Part I]]" a refinery ship is referred to as "[[refueling tanker]]," but the configuration of the ship is identical to ''Daru Mozu'' and ''Hitei Kan''.
* According to a deleted scene from"[[Epiphanies]]," four members of the crew were killed by the female suicide bomber.
* In "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," the ship is noted on the [[:Image:Tally chalkboard.jpg|master tally board]] on ''Galactica'', but absent from the [[:Image:Colonial One voting tracker.jpg|whiteboard voting tracker]] on ''Colonial One''.
* In "[[Dirty Hands]]" and "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]", the [[Hitei Kan|''Hitei Kan'']] was noted as the only refinery ship in the Fleet following events on [[New Caprica]] in "[[Exodus, Part II]]". As the ''Daru Mozu'' (and at least two additional sister ships of the same design) were still part of the fleet post-[[Second Exodus]], and seen intact in "[[Hero]]" and "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", it is speculated by some fans that its Tylium refinery facilities were destroyed, dismantled or lost.<ref>The episode "[[Dirty Hands]]" strongly implies that the ''Hitei Kan'' is the only existing refinery ship and thus ''Daru Mozu'' has either been destroyed or abandoned. At least one refinery ship was present on the surface of New Caprica [http://www.frak-that.com/304/images/304_cap151.jpg], suggesting the Colonials used the ship for materials, or the Cylons sabotaged the Colonial's Tylium supply as part of their occupation. However, this remains pure speculation. ''Daru Mozu'', never the less, remains part of the fleet, and can be seen with ''Hitei Kan'' [[:File:Rebel Baseship Jumps Away From Fleet.png|here]].</ref>

== Related Imagery ==

<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Daru_mozu_213_1080i.jpg|Damaged by a bomb {{TRS|Epiphanies}}.    
Image:Rebel_Baseship_Jumps_Away_From_Fleet.png|''Daru Mozu'' and ''Hitei Kan'' flying formation with [[the Fleet]].
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Talk:Chrion

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== Actually a Pan Galactic? ==

Not hundred percent certain but I think ''Chrion'' is actually a Pan Galactic and not a Sagitarrian Spaceways judging from the markings on the fin seen a second or so before the scene switched to Kat's perspective when she found her in the star cluster. - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 09:11, 18 March 2024 (UTC) [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 09:11, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

The Fleet (TRS)

2024-03-18T09:08:24Z

CoreyDanian: /* Notes */ Last check of screenshots brought the number higher. Also fixed up spacing.

{{disline|This article involves the fleet of [[FTL|faster-than-light]]-capable civilian ships in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on its [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] counterpart in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[The Fleet (TOS)]]. For general information on other articles pertaining to fleets, see: [[Fleet (disambiguation)]].}}

'''The Fleet''' is the convoy of ships sheltering the human survivors of the renewed [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attacks]] against the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Colonies]]. Alternatively, it can also be used to describe the surviving population.

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==Overview==

[[Image:The Fleet.png|thumb|right|400px|''Galactica'' leads the Fleet.]]

* "The Fleet" originates as a convoy of about 60 commercial and civilian ships in the space surrounding {{RDM|Caprica}}. [[Laura Roslin]], with the aid of [[Sharon Valerii]], initiates the clustering of stranded vessels in the aftermath of the Cylon invasion of the Twelve Colonies, thus forming the convoy. Around twenty of these ships are abandoned to a squadron of attacking [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] because they either lack [[FTL]] drives, or are damaged, like the sub-light ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' and the un-powered ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]''.

*The remaining vessels join the battlestar ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]],'' the only Colonial warship [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] at the time to have survived the Cylon attack, in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]]. From this point on, ''Galactica'' shoulders the role of the Fleet's protector {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
** [[Anastasia Dualla|Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla]] explains that 53 ships jumped away from an attacking Cylon baseship, with 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives. Adding ''Galactica'' to this tally, the total number of ships is 64 {{TRS|33}}.
** [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Saul Tigh]]'s first statement that the 24 ships departing with the [[Laura Roslin faction]] represent "almost a third of the Fleet" implies that the number of ships in the Fleet is approximately in the mid-70's. However, Tigh later responds to the number of civilians joining Roslin by saying, "That's over a third of the people in the Fleet." Since the term "Fleet" is used interchangeably to describe both the ships and the civilian populace, this could imply that Tigh's previous statement was an estimate of the people who left and not the number of ships lost {{TRS|The Farm|Home, Part I}}.

* As an indicator of the crew and passengers aboard the ships, the phrase "the Fleet" also represents all of humanity. Usage of the term "the Fleet" has not gained more than an informal acceptance, as can be seen by President Roslin's continued use of the term ''President of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]]''.<ref>This may be interpreted either as an expression of hope that the people of the Fleet will re-establish themselves on a new world, or a psychological inability to accept the Fleet as the only home that humanity will know for a long time.</ref>

* The Fleet is joined by rebel Cylons, after their numbers are devastated in an ambush by forces loyal to the [[Number One]] model. The rebel basestar is later admitted into the Fleet, with a [[Number Six|Six]] named [[Sonja]] joining the new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] comprised of ship captains {{TRS|Someone to Watch Over Me}}.

* The ships of the Fleet would eventually be abandoned by the survivors four years after being forced to flee their homes. By this point the Fleet has fallen into disrepair, with ''Galactica'' no longer able to protect them. The stresses of combat - especially the [[Battle of New Caprica]] - and years spent in space without proper maintenance have taken their toll. Ultimately, the decision is made to abandon ''Galactica'' for the basestar, but it takes part in [[Battle of The Colony|one last operation]] against loyal Cylon forces.
* The Fleet is directed to their new home, a lush [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth|planet]] suitable for their needs that is unknown to any remaining loyal Cylons. The survivors agree to abandon the Fleet and it is flown into Earth's star, Sol {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.

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==Ships==

==== Seen ====

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| ''[[Astral Queen]]'' || Prisoner transport || [[The Plan]], [[Daybreak, Part II]] || Transporting 1,500 prisoners to {{RDM|Caprica}} for parole hearings at the time of the Cylon attack. Later the lead ship in [[Laura Roslin]]'s [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]].
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| ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' || Agricultural ship || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || An FTL-capable agricultural ship. A sublight version of this ship is destroyed in the [[Miniseries, Night 2|second night]] of the Miniseries.
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| ''[[Celestra (RDM)|Celestra]]'' || Scientific research || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II|| Seen in various fleet shoots.
|-
| ''[[Chrion]]'' || [[Luxury liner]] || [[The Passage]] || Successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]].
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| ''[[Colonial One]]'' || Transport ship, government || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Formerly ''Colonial Heavy 798''. Renamed after hosting surviving Colonial Government.
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|''[[Cybele]]'' || Cargo transport || [[The Plan]] || A copy of Simon refuses to blow up this ship and airlocks himself instead {{TRS|The Plan}}. Escorted by [[Raptors]] through a very dense star cluster to the [[algae planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}.
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| ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' || [[Refinery Ship]] || [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]] || Damaged by a suicide bomber (TRS: "[[Epiphanies]]").
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| ''[[Demetrius]]'' || Sewage recycling || Daybreak, Part II || Given to [[Kara Thrace]] and a select crew to try to find Earth. Later returned to the fleet.
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| ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' || [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], military || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || This is the last remaining [[Galactica type battlestar|original battlestar]] dating back to the [[Cylon War]]. It is the main protector and flagship of the Fleet, under direct command of [[William Adama]].
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| ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] is captured and held here for interrogation and, later, executed (TRS: "[[Flesh and Bone]]").
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| ''[[Gemini (RDM)|Gemini]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Used as a decoy in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] (TRS: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"). Later escorted through the star cluster (TRS: "The Passage").
|-
| ''[[Gideon]]'' || Supply ship || [[The Son Also Rises]] || A supply ship involved in an incident where four civilians are killed by ''Galactica'' [[Marines]] (TRS: "[[Resistance]]").
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| ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' || [[Refinery ship]] || Daybreak, Part II || The ship is the site of the worker's strike (TRS: "[[Dirty Hands]]") and a mutiny authorized by [[Tom Zarek]] (TRS: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").
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| ''[[Kimba Huta]]'' || Cold storage vessel || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II || Tom Zarek, Laura Roslin and Lee Adama hide out aboard this ship after Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' (TRS: "[[The Farm]]").
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| ''[[Majahual]]'' || [[Mining ship]] || [[Scar]] || Mined crucial metals needed to build [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s several months after the attacks (TRS: "Scar").
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| ''[[Monarch]]'' || Mining ship || [[Collaborators]] || A mining ship that joins the [[Laura Roslin faction]] (TRS: "Home, Part I").
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| ''[[Prometheus (ship)|Prometheus]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Commanded by [[Doyle Franks]], ''Prometheus'' has a reputation as an "off the grid" freighter involved in the [[black market (organization)|black market]] (TRS: "[[Black Market]]").
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| ''[[Rebel basestar]]'' || [[Basestar (RDM)#Modern Basestar|Basestar]], military || Daybreak, Part II || Basestar of the Rebel Cylons that joins the Fleet as part of an alliance against Cavil's forces, later officially joining the Fleet after the Quorum of Twelve is dissolved and the Quorum of Ships' Captains is created.
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|''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'' || Medical transport || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || A medical transport vessel in the fleet (TRS: "[[33]]," "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[The Plan]]").
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| ''[[Striker]]'' || Scientific research || [[Home, Part II]] || Damaged in a refueling operation overseen by Captain [[George Birch]] (TRS: "Home, Part II").
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| ''[[Thera Sita]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || A ship escorted by Apollo through a dense star cluster (TRS: "[[The Passage]]". Later, 301 passengers from the ship were transferred to ''Galactica'' while the ship was repaired (TRS: "[[The Woman King]]"
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| ''[[Triton_(civilian_ship)|Triton]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Sine Qua Non]] || Home "with a view" of [[Romo Lampkin]] (TRS: "Sine Qua Non")
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| ''[[Virgon Express]]'' || Salvage and repair || The Plan, [[Downloaded]] || Undergoes underway water replenishment from ''Galactica'' several days after the attacks (TRS: "[[Water]]").
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| ''[[Zephyr]]'' || Passenger liner || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Arguably the easiest identifiable civilian ship due to its large ring. It is severely damaged during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] (TRS: "[[He That Believeth in Me]]".
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==== Mentioned Only ====

Unless otherwise mentioned, the following ships are only listed on the [[:Image:Tally chalkboard.jpg|voting tally board]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".<ref>Note that the tally board in question contains inaccuracies regarding the number of votes, and thus should not be used to determine the population aboard each vessel.</ref>

Many of these ships are mentioned or featured again, as the production generated a master list for reference.

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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Adrasteia}}'' || In Greek mythology, [[w:Adrasteia|Adrasteia]] (also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestea, and Adastreia) was a nymph who was charged by Rhea to raise the infant Zeus in secret to protect him from his father Cronus (Krónos) in the Dictaean cave.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Amduatey}}'' || The ship is named after the [[Wikipedia:Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[Wikipedia:Amduat|Amduat]], which literally means "That Which is in the Afterworld". It was an important funeral text usually inscribed in the tombs of pharoahs. The Amduat told the story of the sun god [[Wikipedia:Ra|Ra]], who set in the evening and traveled through the underworld at night, only to rise again in the morning. It was understood that the dead pharaoh was taking the same journey, through the underworld, only to rise again with Ra as an immortal in the morning.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Aether}}'' || In Greek mythology, [[w:Aether (mythology)|Aether]] is one of the Protogenos (first-born). He is the personification of the "upper sky," space, and heaven, and the elemental god of the "Bright, Glowing, Upper Air." He is the pure upper air that the gods breathe, as opposed to regular air, the gloomy lower air of the Earth, which mortals breathe.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Argo Navis}}'' || Captained by [[Simpson Markson]], who is selected to be a judge at Gaius Baltar's trial <ref>The name and the ship are noted in the [[Sources:The Son Also Rises|script]] for "[[The Son Also Rises]]," but not mentioned on screen.</ref>. [[w:Argo Navis|Argo Navis]] was a large southern constellation representing the Argo, the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology.
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|''[[Aurora (ship)|Aurora]]'' || A ship in the fleet that was home to a friend of [[Emily Kowalski]] {{TRS|Faith}}. 
In Roman mythology, [[w:Aurora (mythology)|Aurora]] is the goddess of dawn. This [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|goddess]] also exists within the series's own mythology.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Azimenarius}}'' || ''Azimenarius'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is not on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
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|''[[Baah Pakal]]'' || The XO of the ship was a friend of [[Saul Tigh]]'s. They held a pair of DDG-62 engines that would be used in the [[Blackbird]]'s construction {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}}. Later appeared on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Boreas}}'' || Named for the [[w:Boreas|god of the north wind]] in Greek mythology. ''Boreas'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is absent from the master tally board on ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Breton}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Carillon Trader}}'' || In the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], [[Carillon]] is the infamous "casino planet" from "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Cassandra}}'' || Named for the [[w:Cassandra|daughter]] of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy who had the power of prophecy, but was cursed so that no one believed her.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Coba}}'' || ''Coba'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Clymene}}'' || ''Clymene'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is absent from the master tally board on ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Several women and deities in Greek myth are named [[wikipedia:Clymene|Clymene]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Dahshur}}'' || ''Dahshur'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Diomedes}}'' || ''Diomedes'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Presumably named for the ancient hero of the Trojan War of the [[w:Diomedes|same name]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Embla Brokk}}'' || The name ''Embla Brokk'' may be derived from the names of two figures in Norse mythology: Embla, the first woman, and [[w:Brokkr|Brokkr]], a dwarf who helped create Draupnir (a magical ring) and [[w:Mjolnir|Mjolnir]] (Thor's hammer). ''Embla Brokk'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Enkidu}}'' || Among the first ships to navigate the star cluster to the [[algae planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}. 
Named after the [[wikipedia:Enkidu|Enkidu]] of the [[wikipedia:Sumerian mythology|Sumerian mythological]] [[wikipedia:Epic of Gilgamesh|epic of Gilgamesh]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Epheme}}'' || The Epheme may be named for a minor character in Greek mythology who was nurse to the [[w:Muse|Muses]].
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|''[[Faru Sadin]]'' || Successfully guided through the [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]] to the algae planet by [[Louanne Katraine|Captain Louanne "Kat" Katraine]], who sacrifices her life in the process (The Passage).
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Freighter 212}}'' || A ship on which Lieutenant (later Captain) Louanne "Kat" Katraine apparently has some "buddies" {{TRS|Final Cut}}. 
Indications are that "Freighter 212" is merely the hull number for the ship, as this name is not written on either tally boards during the election in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Galatea}}'' || Probably named for a main character in the Greek myth of [[w:Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]]. Pygmalion, a sculptor, creates a statue of a woman, which is so beautiful that he falls in love with it, and the gods reward him by bringing her ([[w:Galatea (mythology)|Galatea]]) to life.
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|''[[Greenleaf]]'' || A freighter mentioned several times in the series ("[[Epiphanies]]," "[[Sacrifice]]," "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Harrak}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Hexare}}'' ||On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Inchon Velle}}'' || When [[Kara Thrace]] has disturbing dreams about [[Leoben]] and the [[Eye of Jupiter|mandala]] in her apartment, [[Karl Agathon]] suggests that she see a psychiatrist on ''Inchon Velle'' {{TRS|Maelstrom}}. Also where a [[Gerard|brain surgeon]] was brought over from to oversee [[Samuel T. Anders]]' brain surgery {{TRS|No Exit}}.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Kara Nixal}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Kiya}}'' || ''Kiya'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|McConnell}}'' || Commander [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] made runs to this ship in order to build up a stock pile of supplies for the [[black market (organization)|black market]] {{TRS|Black Market}}. The ship is on neither ''Colonial One'' nor ''Galactica'''s tally boards in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Mutem Wia}}'' || ''Mutem Wia'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Odysseus}}'' || Named for the [[w:Odysseus|hero]] in Greek mythology who fought in the Trojan War and was the subject of Homer's epic ''[[w:Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Persephone}}'' || ''Persephone'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". [[w:Persephone|Persephone]] is the daughter of the goddess [[w:Demeter|Demeter]]. She is forced to marry the god of the underworld, [[w:Hades|Hades]], but Demeter works out a compromise where Persephone is allowed to return to the world of the living for a portion of the year.
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|''[[Picon 36]]'' || Presumed to have jumped away with the FTL-capable ships in the [[Miniseries]]. Chances are, this is just a hull number for another ship in one of these lists.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Picon Princess}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Rhadamanthys}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Salpica}}'' || In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended cut]] of "[[Unfinished Business]]," ''Salpica'' is mentioned as the ship [[Samuel Anders]] lives on after the escape from New Caprica and before moving permanently to ''Galactica''.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Sargon}}'' || May be named after either [[w:Sargon I (Assyrian king)|Sargon I]] or [[wikipedia:Sargon II|Sargon II]], ancient Assyrian kings on Earth.
 Seen only on the voting tally boards in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Scorpia Traveller}}'' || After disembarking from ''Scorpia Traveller'', a copy of the humanoid Cylon [[Aaron Doral]] evades security checkpoints, nearly succeeding in the assassination of [[William Adama]] in a suicide bombing {{TRS|Litmus}}. The ship is not on either tally board in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Swordfish}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tarbadek}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tauranian Traveller}}'' || Mentioned in a deleted scene in "[[33]]". Later, its name is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tora Bashiri}}'' || "Tora bashiri" is Japanese for "tiger's run." It is a term used in [[wikipedia:Iaido|Iaido]], a Japanese martial art. The ship's name is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Vena Capa}}'' || ''Vena Capa'' is on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Virga}}'' || ''Virga'' is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Ziusudra}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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==== Destroyed Before Reaching Earth ====

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| ''[[Adriatic|Adriatic]]'' || Unknown || [[The Passage]] || A member of the Roslin faction armed with ship-to-ship missiles {{TRS|Home, Part I}}. Lost in transit in a [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]].
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| ''[[Carina]]'' || ''[[Flattop]]''-type salvage and repair ship || The Passage || Lost in transit in a star cluster.
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| ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' || [[Luxury liner]], civilian/government || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || The ship is destroyed by a nuclear warhead detonated by [[Gina Inviere]], resulting in the destruction of at least three other ships.
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| ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' || Luxury liner || [[33]] || Destroyed by [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] after an apparent Cylon takeover.
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| ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' || [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], military || [[Exodus, Part II]] || Surviving crew and planes absorbed by ''Galactica''.
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| ''[[Pyxis]]'' || Luxury liner || [[He That Believeth in Me]] || Commanded by Captain [[Jules Tarney]], this ship is successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]], but later destroyed in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] resulting in 600 deaths.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Colonial Movers || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || One of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Yellow Vessel || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || Two of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Long-necked Vessel || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || Three of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.

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==== Ships Not Part of ''Galactica'''s Fleet ====

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| ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' || Agricultural and transport vessel || [[Miniseries]] || A sublight-only vessel that is destroyed by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] after the Fall, before Roslin's fleet rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar]].
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| ''[[Diana (TRS)|Diana]]'' || Gemenese civilian transport || Mentioned only || First Cylon War. Ship's crew and passengers were abducted by the Cylons for experimentation.
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| ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Miniseries]] || Abandoned after the passengers and crew are evacuated to ''Colonial One'', an unnamed flat top, and an unnamed transport.
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| ''[[Scylla]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Razor]] || One of a small fleet of ships encountered by the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.
|}

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==Population Demographics==
A few points of information are available concerning the demographics of the Fleet. In "[[33]]," before the destruction of the Olympic Carrier, there are 5,251 survivors from Sagittaron and 49,998 total survivors. In "[[Home, Part I]]," the [[Laura Roslin faction]] leaves the Fleet with 18,000 individuals, of which 9,500 ware Gemenese and 6,250 were Capricans. At that time the total population of the Fleet is 47,857. This information is sparse, but it gives a general idea of the population breakdown of the Fleet if a few assumptions are made for the sake of argument.
*Note that Gemenon and Caprica have more citizens in the Roslin faction alone than Sagittaron has in the entire Fleet. The Twelve Colonies are clearly not represented in equal proportion.
*Before the destruction of ''Olympic Carrier'', Sagittaron natives make up 10.50% of the Fleet. Solely for the purpose of argument, it is assumed that ''Olympic Carrier'''s population breakdown was identical to the rest of the Fleet's and that Sagittaron continues to make up 10.50% of the Fleet's total population.
*The figures from the Roslin faction can be interpreted in several ways:
<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics1.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 1: All Gemenese and Capricans jump to Kobol with the Roslin faction.
::*Caprica: 6,250 persons (13%)
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (20%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 27,081 (57%){{clear}}<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics2.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 2: All Gemenese jump to Kobol with the Roslin faction, lured by the "religion card," but the Caprican portion of the Roslin faction is representative of the Fleet.
::*Caprica: 28,204 persons (59%)
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (20%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 5,127 persons (11%){{clear}}<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics3.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 3: Caprican and Gemenese portions of the Roslin faction are representative of the Fleet.
::*Caprica: 16,617 persons (35%)
::*Gemenon: 25,258 persons (53%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 956 (2%){{clear}}*Although it is plausible that the Caprican population is substantially larger than the other Colonies, as ''Colonial Heavy 798'' is in the vicinity when the attack begins, and is the nucleus around which the Fleet rallies, it is unlikely that the populations of each colony are grossly unequal, or else the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] would be a very poor system of government. The likeliest scenario is therefore somewhere in between assumptions 1 and 2, with nearly all of the Gemenon population (drawn by the "religion card") and a large portion of the Caprican population leaving with Roslin.
*Alternatively, it is possible that the population of the Colonies are grossly unequal. Although the structure of the Quorum of Twelve appears to maintain at least a fiction that the Colonies are roughly equal, next to nothing is known about how the [[Government|governmental]] system of the Colonies was established or how it evolved over time. Indeed, the United States Senate, for example, by design expressly assumes that the various states constituting it are 'equal' even though this is clearly not the case in terms of their respective populations. Furthermore, the fact that a system of government is 'poor' or else not representatively proportional does not mean it cannot actually be implemented and even survive for long periods of time.
*In the [[Caprica pilot|''Caprica'' pilot]], it is revealed that Caprica and Gemenon are in very close proximity. Since the Fleet formed up around ''Colonial One'', which was in the vicinity of Caprica at the time of the attack, the over-representation of the Caprican and Gemenese portion of the Fleet is now explained.

As for the population distribution, the population of several ships is known: ''Galactica'' (2,693 as of "[[Water]]"), ''Olympic Carrier'' (1,345 as of "[[33]]"), ''Astral Queen'' (1,500 as of "[[Bastille Day]]," [[List of retcons (RDM)|retconned]] up from 500 in the Miniseries) and ''Pyxis'' (600 when destroyed in "[[He That Believeth in Me]]"). There are 176 civilians in the cargo hold of ''[[Colonial One]]'' in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". The Fleet is stated at about 75 ships in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]," retconned up from 40 in the Miniseries.
*Going by the 75 ship count, the remaining ships besides ''Galactica'' and ''Astral Queen'' each carry about 600 persons on average.
*The 23 ships that leave with the [[Laura Roslin faction]], apart from ''Astral Queen'', would have an average population of about 720 persons per ship.

The Fleet's population has declined by about 8,000 since the above.

== Analysis ==

* By the time of Felix Gaeta's and Tom Zarek's mutiny aboard ''Galactica'' {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}, dialogue indicates that the Fleet is down to the very low figure of 35 civilian ships, a surprising loss of about half the initial ships from "[[33]]". Most of these losses remain unaccounted for, as very few civilian ships have been seen or heard to be actually lost on screen. Given that the human population has only declined by about one fifth at this point rather than a similar half, this could be a continuity error or retcon, or the remaining ships would have had to nearly double the number of civilians aboard to compensate. It is possible in the context of the dialogue in the episode that the figure of 35 referred only to the number of ships initially loyal to the mutineers.
* The political and social troubles befalling the Fleet as it wanders through space, serve as a metaphor for all of humanity, since the Fleet literally ''is'' what is left of humanity in the television series.

==See Also==
* [[Gemon Liners]]
* [[Pan Galactic]]
* [[Sagitarrian Spaceways]]
* [[Five-engined vessel]]
* [[Wedge-shaped vessel]]
* [[Tubed vessel]]
* [[Two-engine cargo vessel]]
* ''"[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]"'' - The ship itself is [[Yellow vessel|unnamed]], but clearly identifiable as ''Kodiak'', the command ship of the GDI faction from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]''.

==Notes==
*Unofficially, many viewers refer to the Fleet as the "RTF"; "Rag-Tag Fleet," or more fully, "RTFF." These nicknames come from the term "Rag-Tag Fugitive Fleet," a name used in the closing credits voice over of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] (performed by series star [[Lorne Greene]]), describing the [[The Fleet (TOS)|civilian refugee fleet]].
* In the [[Miniseries]], astute viewers may recognize three spacecraft with notable resemblances of ships from other SF universes. The first two of these ships aren't considered a [[Canon|canonical]] part of the series or the Fleet, but their appearance adds a bit of humor, and pays homage to other notable science fiction and their creative staff.
** ''Serenity'', the central ship from the TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' and the motion picture ''[[Wikipedia:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]'', [[:md:Image:SerenityBSGMini.JPG|appears briefly in the sky]] outside the window of a doctor's office where viewers first see [[Laura Roslin]]. The ship does not appear in the Fleet.
** The original USS [[MemoryAlpha:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] from the original ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' TV series makes a cameo in the [[:md:Image:Enterprise in fleet.jpg|last shot of the Fleet]] as [[Elosha]] chants a prayer in the memorial service near the end of the Miniseries. Look to the upper right corner for the ship in a still frame. All Season 1 [[opening credits]] use this shot, so ''Enterprise'' makes a very quick appearance with each of the first 13 episodes (This is best viewed from the [[Season 1 DVD]] set).
** The ill-fated [[Botanical Cruiser]] in the Miniseries was added in homage to the [[Agro Ship]] from the Original Series, which in turn were the re-used models from the SF film ''[[Silent Running]]'', a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior. At least one FTL-capable version of this ship survives and exists in the Fleet {{TRS|The Passage}}.
* It is worth noting that inconsistencies of fleet numbers and on-screen visual representing. While dialogue in Season 1 and through to mid-Season 2, indicates between '''64''' and '''75''' ships, a count of every background ship until the end of the series will give you at least '''101''' ships, even accounting for losses in earlier episodes. This discrepancy was never addressed throughout the run of the series.
* [[Battlestar Galactica Blue Prints|A list of blueprints]] of ships in the Fleet is available.
** These are considered non-canon.
* In a deleted scene from [[Litmus]], the ''Coronis'', as a ship carrying people who are unhappy about being last in food ration distribution, is mentioned. However, it is not present on either the master tally board on ''Galactica'' or the whiteboard tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". As ''Coronis'' has not been mentioned in any canonical capacity, it is considered totally abandoned by the producers.
** In Greek mythology [[w:Coronis (Greek mythology)|Coronis]] is the name of several figures.
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Talk:Refinery ship

2024-03-18T09:03:08Z

CoreyDanian: /* At least 3 daru mozu-type refinery ships in the fleet */ new section

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== At least 3 daru mozu-type refinery ships in the fleet ==

In my recent re-check of the fleet, it seems judging from the fleet shot at the end of 3.08 "Hero". It appears as if there are three refinery ships like the ''Daru Mozu'' present. Does this mean that there were at least four refinery ships -- 3 type I ''Daru Mozu''/''Tauranian'', 1 type II ''Hitei Kan'' -- in the fleet? - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 09:03, 18 March 2024 (UTC) [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 09:03, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Astral Queen

2024-03-18T08:59:37Z

CoreyDanian: /* Astral Queen damaged in 4.01? */ new section

== Astral Queen damaged in 4.01? ==

Since there are at least three ''Astral Queen''-type ships in the fleet, are we certain it was the ''Astral Queen'' that was damaged in the Battle of the Ionian Nebula? - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 08:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC) [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 08:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Pyxis

2024-03-18T08:57:57Z

CoreyDanian: /* Pyxis in The Plan? */ new section

== Pyxis in The Plan? ==

Since there are at least three white-orange hulled Sagitarrian Spaceways passenger liners in the Fleet, are we certain that it's ''Pyxis'' in "The Plan"? I recall (but can't source) that some props sold at Auction indicated Shelly Godfrey may have been aboard the ''Aurora''. - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 08:57, 18 March 2024 (UTC) [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 08:57, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Baker

2024-03-04T03:47:42Z

CoreyDanian: /* Move to Cohen Baker? */

== Move to Cohen Baker? ==

Since we now know his first name is "Cohen", should we not move this page to "Cohen Baker"? - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 04:13, 25 February 2024 (UTC)
: Probably eventually. We should take a look at the episode again, now that blu-ray sources are available, and verify. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 01:31, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
:: Thank the Lords of Kobol for blu-ray, it's helped to fix a lot of things. - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 02:51, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
::: After reviewing the blu-ray screencaps, notably [[:File:Karma Raptor plate.jpg|this one]], I am unconvinced of "Cohen"; it could be "Loben," "Toben," "Token," or any permutation. The only two letters you can be reasonably certain of are the "EN" at the end, and that's all. Barring any more definitive, clarifying information, I'm afraid that "Cohen" has to go back to the pile -- best not to randomly guess on this, given that there are other plausible permutations available. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 00:12, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
:::: From the looks of things its because the paint was being scraped by hands as Cally and Seelix were coming out. Is it possible to get screencaps for the moments prior? - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 03:47, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Baker

2024-02-26T02:51:33Z

CoreyDanian: /* Move to Cohen Baker? */

Talk:Baker

2024-02-25T04:13:37Z

CoreyDanian: /* Move to Cohen Baker? */ new section

== Move to Cohen Baker? ==

Since we now know his first name is "Cohen", should we not move this page to "Cohen Baker"? - [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 04:13, 25 February 2024 (UTC) [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]]) 04:13, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)

2023-10-02T00:29:51Z

CoreyDanian: /* Libran Delegate */ new section

User talk:GalacticaActual

2021-04-07T02:53:12Z

CoreyDanian: /* Dorsal battery loss */

== Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! ==

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As you may already know, Battlestar Wiki covers all the ''Battlestar Galactica'' series from past to present, in addition to authorized merchandise. Presently, we don't cover fan fiction, but our sister-site, [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]], does so. We're also not a discussion site, although we do have an ever-growing [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum] where people can discuss the various shows and non-BSG topics as well!

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== Dorsal battery loss ==

Hey, I noticed you reverted my edits. If you check the screenshots throughout Season 3 post-New Caprica, said dorsal battery is missing, meaning it was lost at New Caprica and not at the Ionian Nebula [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]])
*I draw your attention to this following screen shot from "The Passage" -- https://www.frak-that.com/310/images/bsg310_1139.jpg [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]])
** https://www.frak-that.com/305/images/bsg305_0179.jpg and https://www.frak-that.com/305/images/bsg305_0558.jpg from Collaborators. The dorsal battery was destroyed at New Caprica, not the Ionian Nebula. [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]])
*** Don't worry, I never realised this until my recent re-watch and then I verified by screenshots. I was so focused on the civilian ship numbers I was overlooking ''Galactica''. I suppose because shots of the battlestar were regularly on a side-on view we'd missed it when they did the overshot, we're like "yeah, ''Galactica'' over the top. [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]])

User talk:GalacticaActual

2021-04-06T23:45:39Z

CoreyDanian: /* Dorsal battery loss */

User talk:GalacticaActual

2021-04-06T22:27:32Z

CoreyDanian: /* Dorsal battery loss */

== Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! ==

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As you may already know, Battlestar Wiki covers all the ''Battlestar Galactica'' series from past to present, in addition to authorized merchandise. Presently, we don't cover fan fiction, but our sister-site, [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]], does so. We're also not a discussion site, although we do have an ever-growing [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum] where people can discuss the various shows and non-BSG topics as well!

To get started on the wiki, we suggest that you check out our [[BW:TUT|tutorial]], experiment in [[BW:SAND|the sandbox]] (a test editing area for those learning wiki code), and review some of our basic [[BW:POL|policies]] (which have important differences from other SF wikis). For some general questions and answers about the navigation and operation of the Wiki, check out the [[Battlestar Wiki:FAQ|Frequently Asked Questions]] (FAQ).

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Thank you for joining us! Hope to see you soon!
--[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 13:56, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

== Dorsal battery loss ==

Hey, I noticed you reverted my edits. If you check the screenshots throughout Season 3 post-New Caprica, said dorsal battery is missing, meaning it was lost at New Caprica and not at the Ionian Nebula [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]])
*I draw your attention to this following screen shot from "The Passage" -- https://www.frak-that.com/310/images/bsg310_1139.jpg
- [[User:CoreyDanian|Corey "Shadow" Danian]] ([[User talk:CoreyDanian|talk]])

User talk:GalacticaActual

2021-04-06T10:07:15Z

CoreyDanian: /* Dorsal battery loss */ new section

Galactica (TRS)

2021-03-20T11:35:25Z

CoreyDanian: /* New Caprica */ adding dorsal battery loss

{{disline|This article discusses the [[Re-imagined Series]] battlestar. For other meanings of }}
'''Galactica''''', see [[Galactica (disambiguation)]].''
{{Ship Data
| image= Battlestar Galactica - Blood And Chrome Appearence.png
| title= ''Galactica'' (BS 75)
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Approximately 5,000
| length= {{Meters2Feet|1438.64}}<ref name="dim">These dimensions (in meters) were derived from the CG model and posted by [[Lee Stringer]] on the StarshipBuilder.com forums, which are no longer available. They are the most precise so far. The width with pods extended and the height are quoted here verbatim; the length was calculated by adding the posted dimension for the front of the ship (766.04m) to the posted dimension for the back (672.6m). The full set as provided by Lee Stringer is as follows: "Width (Pods out) 536.84m (Pods In) 352.34m
Engines Max 359.38m Head Max 334.58m
Length: Front (Main body) 730.65m (Antenee) 766.04m Back 672.6m
(using the center of the two arms as the middle)
Height (Armor/Mainbody) 181.825m (Details) 183.315m".</ref>
| width= {{Meters2Feet|536.84}}<ref name="podtopod">This is from flight pod to flight pod while they are extended.</ref>
| height= {{Meters2Feet|183.315}}
| otherdi= The dimensions above are from [[Lee Stringer]], who built ''Galactica'' CG model. VFX Sequence Designer [[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]] gave the length as {{Feet2Meters|4740}}.<ref>[http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/how-big-was-the-colony/#comment-2193 Blog comment] by [[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]].</ref> The reason for this twenty-foot discrepancy is unknown.
| co= Commander [[Silas Nash]] (Circa YR58)
| xo= Unknown
| role= Command and Control Carrier / battleship
| arm= ~600x dual point-defense [[Battery#Close-in_Weapon_Systems|CIWS]] ~40-50x Primary [[Battery#Gun_Clusters|guns]]
| def= Flak
| aircraft= Full Viper Mk. II compliment Full Viper Mk. III compliment Full Raptor compliment
| facilities= 2x [[Flight pod|flight pods]] 2x [[Landing bay (RDM)|flight decks]]: 617 m (2,025 ft) each 2x [[Hangar deck|Hangar facilities]] 80x Viper [[Launch tube (TRS)|launch tubes]]
| patch= Galactica Gold.png
}}

Built during the early days of the [[Cylon War]], '''''Galactica'' (BS 75)''' is a [[Galactica type battlestar|veteran battlestar]] and was the last of its kind still in service, prior to its decommissioning by the Colonial Fleet. Officially decommissioned, ''Galactica'' was transformed into a museum ship as a memorial to the Cylon War, fought nearly forty years prior. Before decommissioning, ''Galactica'' was part of the 75th Colonial Battlestar Group.

== Construction and First War Service (YR48-YR60) ==
''Galactica'' was one of the first twelve ''Galactica'' type battlestars to be constructed by the Colonials, each representing one of the twelve colonies; ''Galactica'' represented {{RDM|Caprica}}. While solidly built, various factors during ''Galactica's'' construction led to the shipyard "cutting corners" when it was originally built, with various components not completed to spec {{TRS|No Exit}}.

These battlestars were all designed with non-integrated computer systems to avoid the Cylons' demonstrated ability to override or subvert networked command and control systems early in the war {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. Rather than technological sophistication, the battlestar depended on its sheer bulk and defensive / offensive capabilities to ward off any threats to itself or the Colonies.

Entering service sometime prior to the tenth year of the War, ''Galactica''{{'|s}} primary duties included planetary defense, and border patrol. It is unknown if the ship took part in any major engagement prior to this point, however it is known that the Colonials were facing heavy losses in the wake of Cylon advancements (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

Two years later ''Galactica'' participated in [[Operation Raptor Talon]], along with ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' and one other battlestar of its class. It was successful in inflicting major damage to Cylon forces, but not before they were able to destroy ''Columbia''. The battle ended in a draw, when it was announced the Cylons had signed an armistice agreement {{TRS|Razor}}.

=== Gallery ===
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Galactica Refit.png|Closeup of ''Galactica'''s alligator head.
Image:Galactica Viper Launch.png|A Viper launches from ''Galactica''.
Image:CIC.png|''Galactica's'' CIC in its original configuration during the Cylon War.
Image:CIC 2.png|''Galactica's'' CIC in its original configuration during the Cylon War.
Image:CIC 3.png|''Galactica's'' CIC in its original configuration during the Cylon War.
Image:Hangar.png|''Galactica's'' hangar deck in its original configuration during the Cylon War.
Image:Galactica Hangar Deck.png|''Galactica''{{'|s}} hangar deck during the War.
Image:Cable Car.png|A cable car used to transport personnel through the ship.
Image:Galactica Infirmary.png|''Galactica''{{'|s}} infirmary during the First Cylon War.

</gallery>
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=== Notes ===
* In ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'', ''Galactica'' is depicted with larger flight facilities than in the reimagined series; however, its overall flight pod design does not change, creating a continuity error. Since the pods do not change, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lee_stringer/8738268186/ it is impossible] for the larger hangar deck to fit inside the pods, without a change in elevation of the above flight deck.
* Also in ''Blood and Chrome'', ''Galactica''{{'|s}} cannons change position from the beginning of the production to the end. It is assumed this is a production mixup, and that two different models were produced, and both accidentally used. The second model used at the conclusion of the production is incomplete, and does not feature lightmaps.
* In Starbuck's [[gun camera]] shots in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]" Galactica is supposedly a member of [[Battlestar Group]] 62.

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== Modern Service and Decommissioning (YR80-YR00) ==
{{Ship Data
| image= Galactica Overview.jpg
| title= ''Galactica'' (BS 75)
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Approximately 2,900
| length= {{Meters2Feet|1438.64}}<ref name="dim">These dimensions (in meters) were derived from the CG model and posted by [[Lee Stringer]] on the StarshipBuilder.com forums, which are no longer available. They are the most precise so far. The width with pods extended and the height are quoted here verbatim; the length was calculated by adding the posted dimension for the front of the ship (766.04m) to the posted dimension for the back (672.6m). The full set as provided by Lee Stringer is as follows: "Width (Pods out) 536.84m (Pods In) 352.34m
Engines Max 359.38m Head Max 334.58m
Length: Front (Main body) 730.65m (Antenee) 766.04m Back 672.6m
(using the center of the two arms as the middle)
Height (Armor/Mainbody) 181.825m (Details) 183.315m".</ref>
| width= {{Meters2Feet|536.84}}<ref name="podtopod">This is from flight pod to flight pod while they are extended.</ref>
| height= {{Meters2Feet|183.315}}
| co= Admiral [[William Adama]]
| xo= Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
| role= Command and Control Carrier / battleship
| arm= ~514x dual point-defense [[Battery#Close-in_Weapon_Systems|CIWS]] 24x primary [[Battery#Gun_Clusters|guns]] ~12x [[missile tubes]]
| def= Flak Non-networked computer systems
| aircraft= ~80x Viper Mk. II's Full Raptor compliment Atmospheric shuttles
| facilities= 1x active [[Flight pod|flight pod]] 1x active [[Landing bay (RDM)|flight deck]]: 617 m (2,025 ft) 1x active [[Hangar deck|Hangar facility]] 40x active Viper [[Launch tube (TRS)|launch tubes]]
| status= Decommissioned, YR00 Scuttled, YR04
| patch= Galactica Gold.png
| img= Y
}}

=== Post War Service ===

Even before the end of the War, ''Galactica'' undergoes a refit that sees the removal of much of its armor, removal of the Viper stacks, and many of its dorsal primary batteries. Major changes to the layout of the CIC, hangar decks and infirmary are delivered at this point as well {{TRS|Razor Flashbacks}}. <ref>The reasons for this are unknown, however it can be surmised that the highly successful Ghost Fleet Offensive, and advancements in technology allowed the Colonials to scale back massive deployments. The massive redesign of CIC and the hangar decks is likely to streamline operations.</ref> This would be ''Galactica'' {{'|s}} last major refit prior to its decommissioning nearly 40 years later. ''Galactica'' never receives the networked computer or Baltar's CNP upgrades like its sister ships do.

Following the armistice, ''Galactica'' is regulated to intra-system duties, and has been known to take on "Coast Guard" roles involving the shipping sector, which limits the use of the ship's two FTL drives. Prior to ''Galactica''{{'|s}} FTL jump to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], its drives were not utilized in nearly twenty years {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}.

=== Decommissioning ===
:''Main article: [[Galactica Museum|Battlestar Galactica Museum]]''
With its active career drawing to a close, a decision was taken to retire ''Galactica'' and decommission it from service. The Colonial Fleet chose not to scrap the ship, but to turn it into a combination of living museum to the original Cylon War and an educational center, with the conversion being overseen by the vessel's final commander, [[William Adama]].

At the time of its formal decommissioning ceremony, ''Galactica'' is stripped of all but one of its operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII squadrons, its munitions are destroyed, and its starboard landing pod is converted into a pressurized museum which houses various items from the Cylon War. However, its Viper munitions stores have not yet been offloaded, and are still on the ship. The museum is about to open when the Cylons break the Armistice, and renew their hostilities with the Colonials.

== Cylon Attack and Post-Fall Exodus (YR00-YR04) ==
=== Surprise Attack ===
[[Image:Mini side fleet.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Galactica'' and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].]]
With the renewed and unexpected Cylon hostilities, ''Galactica'' is quickly brought back to combat condition and sorties a squadron of Mark IIs retrieved from its museum, engaging in its first battle with the Cylons in over forty years (all but one last Mark VII squadron were sent to Caprica for reassignment). It survives a direct hit by a tactical nuclear missile to the forward section of its port flight pod, and later [[FTL|jumps]] successfully to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to replenish its empty ammunition stores at this strategic depot.

''Galactica'' emerges from the anchorage and engages one [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] with its gun batteries, providing cover for [[The Fleet (RDM)|a fleet of 75 civilian ships]] harboring survivors of the Twelve Colonies. Once the entire civilian fleet successfully jumps away, and as a second basestar approaches to join the battle, ''Galactica'' recovers its remaining Vipers and jumps to the rendezvous point beyond the [[Red Line]], never to return to Colonial space {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}.

 
 

=== Leading a Ragtag Fleet ===
[[Image:Ep212battle.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Galactica'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' work together during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]].]]
Since the exodus of the Colonials from their overrun homeworlds, ''Galactica'' becomes both protector and provider for the Fleet. It provides covering fire for the Fleet during Cylon attacks no fewer than 240 times ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]": "[[Act of Contrition]]"). The battlestar provides much of the Fleet with recycled water {{TRS|Water}} and it is the primary source of medical care, where groups of civilians are periodically brought aboard for check-ups and treatment {{TRS|Litmus}}. ''Galactica'' also undertakes internal policing duties within the Fleet {{TRS|Water|Bastille Day|}}.

''Galactica'' successfully goes on the offensive against the Cylons, after the capture of a [[tylium]] fuel mining and processing plant in the process. This plant is able to provide enough fuel for ''Galactica'' and the fleet for years {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)|}}.

The [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] ''Pegasus'', commanded by Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]], joins ''Galactica'' approximately 6 months into their exodus {{TRS|Pegasus (episode)|}}. While integration into the fleet is far from smooth, the two battlestars work in unison to destroy two Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], as well as a critical Cylon support ship known as a [[Resurrection Ship]] {{TRS|Resurrection Ship, Part II}}.

 
 

===New Caprica===
Following the founding of [[New Caprica]], ''Galactica'' is assigned to the orbital defense force that protects the planet. During this time the majority of the crew are allowed to the surface in an effort to populate the planet and restore the human race, a majority of whom are seemingly convinced that the Cylons will never find New Caprica. The diminished crew inevitably results in standard maintenance becoming overlooked or ignored; basic military responses, such as the launching of alert fighters and routine training exercises become difficult to execute. One year following the founding of New Caprica, a fleet of Cylon ships jump into orbit of the planet. Severely limited in their abilities, Admiral Adama orders the defense fleet to jump away from New Caprica along with a handful of civilian ships still in orbit of the colony. {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}.

[[Image:BONC.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Galactica'' takes a pounding during the [[Battle of New Caprica]].]]
Four months after their escape, ''Galactica'''s staff is still in the process of developing a rescue strategy with 16 training exercises having been completed, and a 17th underway when an accident causes its early cessation {{TRS|Occupation}}. This forces both a change in strategy and the reformulation of a rescue plan to deal with personnel who have not seen conflict in 16 months {{TRS|Precipice|Exodus, Part I|}}.

After coordinating with the [[New Caprica Resistance]], ''Galactica'' leaves ''Pegasus'' to guard the space-bound members of humanity, while it initiates the [[Battle of New Caprica]]. Launching a squadron of Vipers and Raptors, who in turn launch drones to simulate the signatures of ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' (leading the basestars guarding the planet to launch their Raider squadrons in pursuit), the real ''Galactica'' then executes an incredibly risky jump into New Caprica's upper atmosphere. Plummeting towards the ground of the colony from 99,000 feet and with re-entry gases buffeting and scorching the hull, ''Galactica'' then launches Blue Squadron while simultaneously calculating a jump back into space, successfully accomplishing both mere hundreds of feet from the ground. Jumping back into space, the atmospheric stresses of the jump take a toll on the battlestar. Electrical surges nearly blow out multiple displays in CIC, requiring a few moments for DRADIS to restore itself while hull damage is apparent. However, the plan to hold off two basestars without their Raider cover while the colonists escape in their ships is complicated by the arrival of two additional basestars. In the subsequent battle, ''Galactica'' is outnumbered by four basestars and pummeled relentlessly, losing maneuvering thrusters, and lacking the support of its Vipers leads to missile barrages disabling its FTL drives. Cornered by the Cylons and taking missile impacts all over the hull, to the point that the port side reaches structural limits, ''Galactica'' faces certain destruction when ''Pegasus'' unexpectedly arrives. ''Pegasus''{{'|s}} salvos draw the attention of the basestars away from ''Galactica'', buying the crew time to bring its [[FTL|FTL drives]] back on-line, recover its planes, and escape {{TRS|Exodus, Part II}}. ''Galactica'' bears the scars of the battle with significant scorching and dents to the hull, having lost one of the forward dorsal batteries in the battle. Repairs continue on the journey through the Ionian nebula, with heavy damage to secondary storage, and damage to one particular airlock nearly causing the deaths of Galen and Cally Tyrol during what they expected to be a quick repair of a hull micro-fracture {{TRS|Blood on the Scales|A Day in the Life|}}.

Given the loss of ''Pegasus'', ''Galactica'' now boasts a larger crew, Viper and Raptor complement, to the point where there are more pilots than there are ships to fly {{TRS|Torn}}, although the training of new recruits is still ongoing {{TRS|Dirty Hands|Crossroads, Part II|He That Believeth in Me}}. Further, there are various redundancies between the two crews that are appropriately dealt with ([[TRS]]: [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 3 (RDM)|deleted scene]] from "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

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=== Resuming the Search for Earth ===
''Galactica'' takes aboard a significant quantity of civilians following the exodus from New Caprica, as several civilian ships are lost during the escape from the failed colony. Cramped conditions increase as crew and civilians struggle to adapt to life back aboard a ship. The civilians reside on the refurbished starboard hangar deck as a refugee camp nicknamed "[[Camp Oil Slick]]" and later "Dogsville" {{TRS|Torn|The Woman King|}}.
[[Image:BOTIM.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Galactica'' is outnumbered during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]].]]
During a [[The Passage|food shortage crisis]] caused by contamination of the Fleet's food processing systems, ''Galactica'' (along with its Raptors acting as pilot ships) guides the civilian Fleet through an area of intense heat, light and radiation caused by a [[Passage (star cluster)|dense star cluster]] to reach edible resources on the [[algae planet]]. ''Galactica''{{'|s}} heavy armor and radiation shielding protect it from the intense effects of the cluster, but the ship still suffers hull damage and numerous decompressions.

When the Fleet reaches the [[Ionian Nebula]], four Cylon baseships are detected following an unexplained power outage. With the entire Fleet powered down and unable to escape, ''Galactica'' scrambles its Vipers and prepares for a lopsided fight, outnumbered and outgunned {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II}}. During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|following battle]], ''Galactica'' manages to hold off the main attack of the massive Cylon attack force. Despite the damage suffered in previous engagements, the old warship wields its main guns and point defense batteries effectively again in defense of the Fleet. Despite having the advantage, and managing to destroy or damage several civilian ships, the Cylons retreat in the middle of the battle, after detecting one of the [[Final Five]] among the Colonials. ''Galactica'' takes minor damage in the battle, contributing to further weakening of its overall structure {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me}}.

After three years of searching, ''Galactica'' and its Fleet locate Earth. The fleet enters orbit, and immediately launch ground teams who quickly determine that the planet is uninhabitable, having suffered a cataclysm sometime prior. A short time after, ''Galactica'' leads its fleet back to the stars {{TRS|Revelations|Sometimes a Great Notion|}}.

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=== Post-Earth ===
[[Image:Damaged Galactica.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A heavily damaged ''Galactica''.]]
With ''Galactica's'' advanced age, the corners cut during construction, and the abuse it has been put through since the war started, in addition to no access to any repair facilities, have all contributed to deteriorating conditions. Electrical systems begin to fail intermittently throughout the ship, causing lights to flicker and power to be interrupted to multiple areas. A structural survey of the ship finds several torn supports and weakened areas in the hull, and a more in-depth examination finds endemic metal fatigue throughout the ship, with virtually every part of the hull riddled with small cracks and fissures. A plan is proposed to treat the damaged parts of the ship with an [[Cylon organic resin|organic Cylon resin]] from the [[Rebel Baseship]], which would fill the cracks and bear the stresses, which Adama at first refuses. However, Adama finally appreciates ''Galactica's'' dire condition when he finds a tear in a bulkhead in his quarters, and orders Tyrol to carry out his plan to repair the ship {{TRS|No Exit}}. Despite the resin, ''Galactica'' is dying of old age and accumulated battle damage.

Despite repairs, the ship continues to degrade; when Boomer kidnaps Hera, she narrowly escapes from the retracting flight pods and executes an FTL jump close to the dorsal port side bow section and forward magazine of Galactica; the spacial distortions crumple multiple sections of the area, causing massive electrical surges and power interruptions to CIC and adjacent decks, and damage in the port side hangar deck. This act worsens Galactica's already dire condition, and shortly after the order is given to abandon ship. Command will be transferred to the Cylon baseship once supplies and personnel have been offloaded {{TRS|Islanded In a Stream of Stars}}. The ship is to be stripped of all useful equipment, including its Viper launching mechanisms. However, inspired by a photo of Hera on the Memorial Hallway, Admiral Adama decides to commit the old battlestar to one last mission: a suicidal mission to rescue Hera from the Cylon homeworld, the Colony. With Starbuck's help, he puts a line of red tape down the center of the hangar deck and makes an impassioned speech to the gathered crew members: He will lead ''Galactica'' to rescue Hera, but it is a volunteer mission only. If there are not enough people to crew ''Galactica'', he will instead lead a Raptor assault with anyone willing to join him. Everybody makes their choice; there are enough people to crew the ship. Preparations for the final mission get underway. Command of the Fleet is transferred to Louis Hoshi, the flag is transferred to the baseship and a number of Vipers are assigned to it for CAP duties.

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=== Battle of The Colony ===
[[Image:Battleofthecolony.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Galactica'' takes massive hits seconds after jumping to [[The Colony]].]]
With a skeleton crew and a frail battlestar, Admiral Adama executes a daring mission to rescue Hera Agathon.

''Galactica'' jumps to the Colony at point-blank range. Almost immediately, the ship is pummeled mercilessly by the Colony's heavy caliber cannons and multi-barrel point defense turrets (causing the destruction of its dorsal Colonial roundel and heavy structural damage all around the ship) until [[Samuel Anders]], recently injured and turned into a [[Hybrid]], manages to take them and the Colony's Hybrids offline. As ''Galactica's'' Vipers launch and engage incoming Raiders, its Raptors jump directly from their berth in the starboard [[flight pod]], causing the destruction of the pod, and maneuver to board the Colony. ''Galactica'' then accelerates to flank speed and rams the Colony, providing an entry and exit point for assault teams but crumpling its forward alligator head and destroying the forward observation deck.

As the battle wages on, Cylon Raiders swarm ''Galactica'', destroying at least one of its remaining heavy gun batteries. Cylon forces manage to blow a hole in Deck 21, allowing them to pour into the ship at platoon strength. Legions of enemy Centurions swarm into the ship, and are held back by marine firing squads, despite inflicting heavy casualties. After a brief cease fire, the ship comes under enemy fire once more, in one final push by Cylon forces. After the Colony is hit with nuclear-tipped missiles launched by Racetrack's drifting Raptor, both ''Galactica'' and the Colony begin falling into the black hole the Colony was orbiting.

===Journey's End===

[[File:Battlestar Over Africa.jpg|thumb|right|200px|right|A crippled ''Galactica'' over Earth.]]

Battered by interstellar debris, ''Galactica'' is successful in escaping its position via a blind FTL jump to [[The Music|coordinates Thrace enters]]. While successfully emerging from its final FTL jump, ''Galactica'' suffers a series of catastrophic failures across its entire structure. Between the failure to retract its flight pods and the cumulative damage sustained over its flight from the Colonies, ''Galactica''{{'|s}} lateral structural supports buckle. This "breaks the back" of the last battlestar, visibly apparent as the entire midsection violently oscillates against the bow and engineering sections.

A cascading effect of hull breaches and explosive decompressions rock the ship, with multiple decks venting to space. Structural reinforcing beams rip through ceilings and floors, causing insurmountable damage and blowing out electrical conduits. Damage to this infrastructure results in electrical failures and power surges destroying multiple system components, including displays, in the CIC. As the midsection flexes, several Vipers are tossed from the port flight deck, and pieces of the outer hull shear off.

Reinforced by Cylon [[organic resin]], the ship's overall integrity remains cohesive, but barely. Life support, DRADIS and sublight propulsion are operational, while FTL is inoperative. Given the overall state, ''Galactica'' has made its final jump...hanging over the singular satellite of a [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth:_The_Promised_Land|habitable planet]] within sublight range.

When the Colonials decide to colonize this world, ''Galactica''{{'|s}} personnel and supplies are transferred to the new world. Along with the surviving bulk of the civilian fleet, ''Galactica'' is piloted directly into the system's star by [[Samuel Anders]], who remains aboard as he is interconnected with the battlestar. [[William Adama]] becomes the last ambulatory soul to leave the ship, departing in his Cylon War-era Viper Mark II. 150,000 years thereafter, existence of the ship and its Fleet are absent from Earth's history, [[Hera Agathon|except for the existence of a progenitor]] to the new human race<ref>"Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we were, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment." - [[Harlan Ellison]]</ref> {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.

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== Crew ==
:''For information on Senior Staff, see : [[Senior Staff of Galactica]]''
:''For a list of pilots, see: [[List of Pilots]]''
:''For a list of deckhands, see: [[List of deckhands]]''
:''For a list of marines, see: [[Colonial Marine Corps]]''

Before the attack, ''Galactica'' has approximately 2,900 crewmen. By the time of the arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', attrition has reduced this number to about 2,660. (c.f. [[Crew tally]])
It is unknown whether the Colonial Marines account for members or not.
*Between "[[Act of Contrition]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" ''Galactica''{{'|s}} offensive capability is also greatly hampered by the number of [[List of Pilots|qualified pilots]] available, and their lack of flight simulators with which to train more. Since ''Galactica''{{'|s}} reunion with ''Pegasus'', this has ceased to be an issue {{TRS|Scar}}.

==Related Imagery==
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Image:BSG Ortho Top & Bottom.jpg|''Galactica'' - [[Zoic]] rendering    
Image:BSG Ortho Front, Back & Starboard.jpg|''Galactica'' - Zoic rendering    
Image:Galactica's top side.jpg|''Galactica'''s top side.
Image:Kg cg ns galactica-049.jpg|''Galactica'''s front - Zoic
Image:Battlestar stern.jpg|''Galactica'''s stern.
Image:Galactica retraction.jpg|Flight pod retraction area.
Image:Galactica's bottom-023b.jpg|''Galactica'''s bottom.
Image:Bsg damaged.jpg|''Galactica'' with battle damage. (High Res)
Image:Cylon War-era Galactica, "Razor" Flashback 1.jpg|''Galactica'' in the "[[Razor Flashbacks]]".
Image:Galactica - flight pods retracted.jpg|''Galactica'' with flight pods retracted.
Image:BSG landing alcove.jpg|''Galactica'' landing alcove.
Image:Kg cg ns galactica-037.jpg|A cluster of rail guns.
Image:Battered Battlestar.jpg|Bow view of ''Galactica''.
Image:GalPeg.png|''Galactica'' overlooking ''Pegasus''.
Image:Pointdefence2 101 1080i.jpg|''Galactica''{{'|s}} point defense batteries in action    
Image:Galactica fights off missile salvos.jpg|''Galactica'' establishes a defense perimeter.
Image:Raptor scramble.jpg|''Galactica'' scrambles Vipers and Raptors.
Image:Colony Breech.jpg|''Galactica'' is rammed into the Colony.
Image:Img0059.jpg|''Galactica'''s main batteries.
Image:Galactia's end.jpg|''Galactica'' and the Fleet depart for the sun, with the African continent in the background.

Image:CIC Overview 1.jpg|''Galactica'''s CIC.
Image:Cicweaponscontrol1.jpg|Weapons control.
Image:Cictacticalstation1.jpg|Tactical station.
Image:Cic commstation.jpg|Communications.
Image:The Mess.jpg|The Officers' mess hall.
Image:Cicdmgcontrol.jpg|Damage control.
Image:Ftl2.jpg|FTL Drive.
Image:Bsg-1-10.jpg|The "War Room".
Image:Porthangardeck.jpg|The port hangar bay on ''Galactica''.
Image:DutyLocker.jpg|Crew quarters.
Image:GalacticaInterior Sickbay1.jpg|Sickbay
Image:Galactica Museum, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg| The ''Galactica'' museum in the starboard flight pod.
Image:Galactica corridor.jpg|The "A-shaped" corridors.
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== See also ==
*[[Galactica crew facilities (RDM)|Galactica crew facilities]]
*[[:Category:Galactica Areas (RDM)|Galactica Areas]]

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{{Ship Data
| image= Battlestar Galactica - Blood And Chrome Appearence.png
| title= ''Galactica'' (BS 75)
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Approximately 5,000
| length= {{Meters2Feet|1438.64}}<ref name="dim">These dimensions (in meters) were derived from the CG model and posted by [[Lee Stringer]] on the StarshipBuilder.com forums, which are no longer available. They are the most precise so far. The width with pods extended and the height are quoted here verbatim; the length was calculated by adding the posted dimension for the front of the ship (766.04m) to the posted dimension for the back (672.6m). The full set as provided by Lee Stringer is as follows: "Width (Pods out) 536.84m (Pods In) 352.34m
Engines Max 359.38m Head Max 334.58m
Length: Front (Main body) 730.65m (Antenee) 766.04m Back 672.6m
(using the center of the two arms as the middle)
Height (Armor/Mainbody) 181.825m (Details) 183.315m".</ref>
| width= {{Meters2Feet|536.84}}<ref name="podtopod">This is from flight pod to flight pod while they are extended.</ref>
| height= {{Meters2Feet|183.315}}
| otherdi= The dimensions above are from [[Lee Stringer]], who built ''Galactica'' CG model. VFX Sequence Designer [[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]] gave the length as {{Feet2Meters|4740}}.<ref>[http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/how-big-was-the-colony/#comment-2193 Blog comment] by [[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]].</ref> The reason for this twenty-foot discrepancy is unknown.
| co= Commander [[Silas Nash]] (Circa YR58)
| xo= Unknown
| role= Command and Control Carrier / battleship
| arm= ~600x dual point-defense [[Battery#Close-in_Weapon_Systems|CIWS]] ~40-50x Primary [[Battery#Gun_Clusters|guns]]
| def= Flak
| aircraft= Full Viper Mk. II compliment Full Viper Mk. III compliment Full Raptor compliment
| facilities= 2x [[Flight pod|flight pods]] 2x [[Landing bay (RDM)|flight decks]]: 617 m (2,025 ft) each 2x [[Hangar deck|Hangar facilities]] 80x Viper [[Launch tube (TRS)|launch tubes]]
| patch= Galactica Gold.png
}}

Built during the early days of the [[Cylon War]], '''''Galactica'' (BS 75)''' is a [[Galactica type battlestar|veteran battlestar]] and was the last of its kind still in service, prior to its decommissioning by the Colonial Fleet. Officially decommissioned, ''Galactica'' was transformed into a museum ship as a memorial to the Cylon War, fought nearly forty years prior. Before decommissioning, ''Galactica'' was part of the 75th Colonial Battlestar Group.

== Construction and First War Service (YR48-YR60) ==
''Galactica'' was one of the first twelve ''Galactica'' type battlestars to be constructed by the Colonials, each representing one of the twelve colonies; ''Galactica'' represented {{RDM|Caprica}}. While solidly built, various factors during ''Galactica's'' construction led to the shipyard "cutting corners" when it was originally built, with various components not completed to spec {{TRS|No Exit}}.

These battlestars were all designed with non-integrated computer systems to avoid the Cylons' demonstrated ability to override or subvert networked command and control systems early in the war {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. Rather than technological sophistication, the battlestar depended on its sheer bulk and defensive / offensive capabilities to ward off any threats to itself or the Colonies.

Entering service sometime prior to the tenth year of the War, ''Galactica''{{'|s}} primary duties included planetary defense, and border patrol. It is unknown if the ship took part in any major engagement prior to this point, however it is known that the Colonials were facing heavy losses in the wake of Cylon advancements (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

Two years later ''Galactica'' participated in [[Operation Raptor Talon]], along with ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' and one other battlestar of its class. It was successful in inflicting major damage to Cylon forces, but not before they were able to destroy ''Columbia''. The battle ended in a draw, when it was announced the Cylons had signed an armistice agreement {{TRS|Razor}}.

=== Gallery ===
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Galactica Refit.png|Closeup of ''Galactica'''s alligator head.
Image:Galactica Viper Launch.png|A Viper launches from ''Galactica''.
Image:CIC.png|''Galactica's'' CIC in its original configuration during the Cylon War.
Image:CIC 2.png|''Galactica's'' CIC in its original configuration during the Cylon War.
Image:CIC 3.png|''Galactica's'' CIC in its original configuration during the Cylon War.
Image:Hangar.png|''Galactica's'' hangar deck in its original configuration during the Cylon War.
Image:Galactica Hangar Deck.png|''Galactica''{{'|s}} hangar deck during the War.
Image:Cable Car.png|A cable car used to transport personnel through the ship.
Image:Galactica Infirmary.png|''Galactica''{{'|s}} infirmary during the First Cylon War.

</gallery>
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=== Notes ===
* In ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'', ''Galactica'' is depicted with larger flight facilities than in the reimagined series; however, its overall flight pod design does not change, creating a continuity error. Since the pods do not change, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lee_stringer/8738268186/ it is impossible] for the larger hangar deck to fit inside the pods, without a change in elevation of the above flight deck.
* Also in ''Blood and Chrome'', ''Galactica''{{'|s}} cannons change position from the beginning of the production to the end. It is assumed this is a production mixup, and that two different models were produced, and both accidentally used. The second model used at the conclusion of the production is incomplete, and does not feature lightmaps.
* In Starbuck's [[gun camera]] shots in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]" Galactica is supposedly a member of [[Battlestar Group]] 62.

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== Modern Service and Decommissioning (YR80-YR00) ==
{{Ship Data
| image= Galactica Overview.jpg
| title= ''Galactica'' (BS 75)
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Approximately 2,900
| length= {{Meters2Feet|1438.64}}<ref name="dim">These dimensions (in meters) were derived from the CG model and posted by [[Lee Stringer]] on the StarshipBuilder.com forums, which are no longer available. They are the most precise so far. The width with pods extended and the height are quoted here verbatim; the length was calculated by adding the posted dimension for the front of the ship (766.04m) to the posted dimension for the back (672.6m). The full set as provided by Lee Stringer is as follows: "Width (Pods out) 536.84m (Pods In) 352.34m
Engines Max 359.38m Head Max 334.58m
Length: Front (Main body) 730.65m (Antenee) 766.04m Back 672.6m
(using the center of the two arms as the middle)
Height (Armor/Mainbody) 181.825m (Details) 183.315m".</ref>
| width= {{Meters2Feet|536.84}}<ref name="podtopod">This is from flight pod to flight pod while they are extended.</ref>
| height= {{Meters2Feet|183.315}}
| co= Admiral [[William Adama]]
| xo= Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
| role= Command and Control Carrier / battleship
| arm= ~514x dual point-defense [[Battery#Close-in_Weapon_Systems|CIWS]] 24x primary [[Battery#Gun_Clusters|guns]] ~12x [[missile tubes]]
| def= Flak Non-networked computer systems
| aircraft= ~80x Viper Mk. II's Full Raptor compliment Atmospheric shuttles
| facilities= 1x active [[Flight pod|flight pod]] 1x active [[Landing bay (RDM)|flight deck]]: 617 m (2,025 ft) 1x active [[Hangar deck|Hangar facility]] 40x active Viper [[Launch tube (TRS)|launch tubes]]
| status= Decommissioned, YR00 Scuttled, YR04
| patch= Galactica Gold.png
| img= Y
}}

=== Post War Service ===

Even before the end of the War, ''Galactica'' undergoes a refit that sees the removal of much of its armor, removal of the Viper stacks, and many of its dorsal primary batteries. Major changes to the layout of the CIC, hangar decks and infirmary are delivered at this point as well {{TRS|Razor Flashbacks}}. <ref>The reasons for this are unknown, however it can be surmised that the highly successful Ghost Fleet Offensive, and advancements in technology allowed the Colonials to scale back massive deployments. The massive redesign of CIC and the hangar decks is likely to streamline operations.</ref> This would be ''Galactica'' {{'|s}} last major refit prior to its decommissioning nearly 40 years later. ''Galactica'' never receives the networked computer or Baltar's CNP upgrades like its sister ships do.

Following the armistice, ''Galactica'' is regulated to intra-system duties, and has been known to take on "Coast Guard" roles involving the shipping sector, which limits the use of the ship's two FTL drives. Prior to ''Galactica''{{'|s}} FTL jump to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], its drives were not utilized in nearly twenty years {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}.

=== Decommissioning ===
:''Main article: [[Galactica Museum|Battlestar Galactica Museum]]''
With its active career drawing to a close, a decision was taken to retire ''Galactica'' and decommission it from service. The Colonial Fleet chose not to scrap the ship, but to turn it into a combination of living museum to the original Cylon War and an educational center, with the conversion being overseen by the vessel's final commander, [[William Adama]].

At the time of its formal decommissioning ceremony, ''Galactica'' is stripped of all but one of its operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII squadrons, its munitions are destroyed, and its starboard landing pod is converted into a pressurized museum which houses various items from the Cylon War. However, its Viper munitions stores have not yet been offloaded, and are still on the ship. The museum is about to open when the Cylons break the Armistice, and renew their hostilities with the Colonials.

== Cylon Attack and Post-Fall Exodus (YR00-YR04) ==
=== Surprise Attack ===
[[Image:Mini side fleet.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Galactica'' and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].]]
With the renewed and unexpected Cylon hostilities, ''Galactica'' is quickly brought back to combat condition and sorties a squadron of Mark IIs retrieved from its museum, engaging in its first battle with the Cylons in over forty years (all but one last Mark VII squadron were sent to Caprica for reassignment). It survives a direct hit by a tactical nuclear missile to the forward section of its port flight pod, and later [[FTL|jumps]] successfully to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to replenish its empty ammunition stores at this strategic depot.

''Galactica'' emerges from the anchorage and engages one [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] with its gun batteries, providing cover for [[The Fleet (RDM)|a fleet of 75 civilian ships]] harboring survivors of the Twelve Colonies. Once the entire civilian fleet successfully jumps away, and as a second basestar approaches to join the battle, ''Galactica'' recovers its remaining Vipers and jumps to the rendezvous point beyond the [[Red Line]], never to return to Colonial space {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}.

 
 

=== Leading a Ragtag Fleet ===
[[Image:Ep212battle.jpg|200px|left|thumb|''Galactica'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' work together during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]].]]
Since the exodus of the Colonials from their overrun homeworlds, ''Galactica'' becomes both protector and provider for the Fleet. It provides covering fire for the Fleet during Cylon attacks no fewer than 240 times ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]": "[[Act of Contrition]]"). The battlestar provides much of the Fleet with recycled water {{TRS|Water}} and it is the primary source of medical care, where groups of civilians are periodically brought aboard for check-ups and treatment {{TRS|Litmus}}. ''Galactica'' also undertakes internal policing duties within the Fleet {{TRS|Water|Bastille Day|}}.

''Galactica'' successfully goes on the offensive against the Cylons, after the capture of a [[tylium]] fuel mining and processing plant in the process. This plant is able to provide enough fuel for ''Galactica'' and the fleet for years {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)|}}.

The [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] ''Pegasus'', commanded by Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]], joins ''Galactica'' approximately 6 months into their exodus {{TRS|Pegasus (episode)|}}. While integration into the fleet is far from smooth, the two battlestars work in unison to destroy two Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], as well as a critical Cylon support ship known as a [[Resurrection Ship]] {{TRS|Resurrection Ship, Part II}}.

 
 

===New Caprica===
Following the founding of [[New Caprica]], ''Galactica'' is assigned to the orbital defense force that protects the planet. During this time the majority of the crew are allowed to the surface in an effort to populate the planet and restore the human race, a majority of whom are seemingly convinced that the Cylons will never find New Caprica. The diminished crew inevitably results in standard maintenance becoming overlooked or ignored; basic military responses, such as the launching of alert fighters and routine training exercises become difficult to execute. One year following the founding of New Caprica, a fleet of Cylon ships jump into orbit of the planet. Severely limited in their abilities, Admiral Adama orders the defense fleet to jump away from New Caprica along with a handful of civilian ships still in orbit of the colony. {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}.

[[Image:BONC.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Galactica'' takes a pounding during the [[Battle of New Caprica]].]]
Four months after their escape, ''Galactica'''s staff is still in the process of developing a rescue strategy with 16 training exercises having been completed, and a 17th underway when an accident causes its early cessation {{TRS|Occupation}}. This forces both a change in strategy and the reformulation of a rescue plan to deal with personnel who have not seen conflict in 16 months {{TRS|Precipice|Exodus, Part I|}}.

After coordinating with the [[New Caprica Resistance]], ''Galactica'' leaves ''Pegasus'' to guard the space-bound members of humanity, while it initiates the [[Battle of New Caprica]]. Launching a squadron of Vipers and Raptors, who in turn launch drones to simulate the signatures of ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' (leading the basestars guarding the planet to launch their Raider squadrons in pursuit), the real ''Galactica'' then executes an incredibly risky jump into New Caprica's upper atmosphere. Plummeting towards the ground of the colony from 99,000 feet and with re-entry gases buffeting and scorching the hull, ''Galactica'' then launches Blue Squadron while simultaneously calculating a jump back into space, successfully accomplishing both mere hundreds of feet from the ground. Jumping back into space, the atmospheric stresses of the jump take a toll on the battlestar. Electrical surges nearly blow out multiple displays in CIC, requiring a few moments for DRADIS to restore itself while hull damage is apparent. However, the plan to hold off two basestars without their Raider cover while the colonists escape in their ships is complicated by the arrival of two additional basestars. In the subsequent battle, ''Galactica'' is outnumbered by four basestars and pummeled relentlessly, losing maneuvering thrusters, and lacking the support of its Vipers leads to missile barrages disabling its FTL drives. Cornered by the Cylons and taking missile impacts all over the hull, to the point that the port side reaches structural limits, ''Galactica'' faces certain destruction when ''Pegasus'' unexpectedly arrives. ''Pegasus''{{'|s}} salvos draw the attention of the basestars away from ''Galactica'', buying the crew time to bring its [[FTL|FTL drives]] back on-line, recover its planes, and escape {{TRS|Exodus, Part II}}. ''Galactica'' bears the scars of the battle with significant scorching and dents to the hull. Repairs continue on the journey through the Ionian nebula, with heavy damage to secondary storage, and damage to one particular airlock nearly causing the deaths of Galen and Cally Tyrol during what they expected to be a quick repair of a hull micro-fracture {{TRS|Blood on the Scales|A Day in the Life|}}.

Given the loss of ''Pegasus'', ''Galactica'' now boasts a larger crew, Viper and Raptor complement, to the point where there are more pilots than there are ships to fly {{TRS|Torn}}, although the training of new recruits is still ongoing {{TRS|Dirty Hands|Crossroads, Part II|He That Believeth in Me}}. Further, there are various redundancies between the two crews that are appropriately dealt with ([[TRS]]: [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 3 (RDM)|deleted scene]] from "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

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=== Resuming the Search for Earth ===
''Galactica'' takes aboard a significant quantity of civilians following the exodus from New Caprica, as several civilian ships are lost during the escape from the failed colony. Cramped conditions increase as crew and civilians struggle to adapt to life back aboard a ship. The civilians reside on the refurbished starboard hangar deck as a refugee camp nicknamed "[[Camp Oil Slick]]" and later "Dogsville" {{TRS|Torn|The Woman King|}}.
[[Image:BOTIM.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Galactica'' is outnumbered during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]].]]
During a [[The Passage|food shortage crisis]] caused by contamination of the Fleet's food processing systems, ''Galactica'' (along with its Raptors acting as pilot ships) guides the civilian Fleet through an area of intense heat, light and radiation caused by a [[Passage (star cluster)|dense star cluster]] to reach edible resources on the [[algae planet]]. ''Galactica''{{'|s}} heavy armor and radiation shielding protect it from the intense effects of the cluster, but the ship still suffers hull damage and numerous decompressions.

When the Fleet reaches the [[Ionian Nebula]], four Cylon baseships are detected following an unexplained power outage. With the entire Fleet powered down and unable to escape, ''Galactica'' scrambles its Vipers and prepares for a lopsided fight, outnumbered and outgunned {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II}}. During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|following battle]], ''Galactica'' manages to hold off the main attack of the massive Cylon attack force. Despite the damage suffered in previous engagements, the old warship wields its main guns and point defense batteries effectively again in defense of the Fleet. Despite having the advantage, and managing to destroy or damage several civilian ships, the Cylons retreat in the middle of the battle, after detecting one of the [[Final Five]] among the Colonials. ''Galactica'' takes minor damage in the battle, contributing to further weakening of its overall structure {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me}}.

After three years of searching, ''Galactica'' and its Fleet locate Earth. The fleet enters orbit, and immediately launch ground teams who quickly determine that the planet is uninhabitable, having suffered a cataclysm sometime prior. A short time after, ''Galactica'' leads its fleet back to the stars {{TRS|Revelations|Sometimes a Great Notion|}}.

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=== Post-Earth ===
[[Image:Damaged Galactica.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A heavily damaged ''Galactica''.]]
With ''Galactica's'' advanced age, the corners cut during construction, and the abuse it has been put through since the war started, in addition to no access to any repair facilities, have all contributed to deteriorating conditions. Electrical systems begin to fail intermittently throughout the ship, causing lights to flicker and power to be interrupted to multiple areas. A structural survey of the ship finds several torn supports and weakened areas in the hull, and a more in-depth examination finds endemic metal fatigue throughout the ship, with virtually every part of the hull riddled with small cracks and fissures. A plan is proposed to treat the damaged parts of the ship with an [[Cylon organic resin|organic Cylon resin]] from the [[Rebel Baseship]], which would fill the cracks and bear the stresses, which Adama at first refuses. However, Adama finally appreciates ''Galactica's'' dire condition when he finds a tear in a bulkhead in his quarters, and orders Tyrol to carry out his plan to repair the ship {{TRS|No Exit}}. Despite the resin, ''Galactica'' is dying of old age and accumulated battle damage.

Despite repairs, the ship continues to degrade; when Boomer kidnaps Hera, she narrowly escapes from the retracting flight pods and executes an FTL jump close to the dorsal port side bow section and forward magazine of Galactica; the spacial distortions crumple multiple sections of the area, causing massive electrical surges and power interruptions to CIC and adjacent decks, and damage in the port side hangar deck. This act worsens Galactica's already dire condition, and shortly after the order is given to abandon ship. Command will be transferred to the Cylon baseship once supplies and personnel have been offloaded {{TRS|Islanded In a Stream of Stars}}. The ship is to be stripped of all useful equipment, including its Viper launching mechanisms. However, inspired by a photo of Hera on the Memorial Hallway, Admiral Adama decides to commit the old battlestar to one last mission: a suicidal mission to rescue Hera from the Cylon homeworld, the Colony. With Starbuck's help, he puts a line of red tape down the center of the hangar deck and makes an impassioned speech to the gathered crew members: He will lead ''Galactica'' to rescue Hera, but it is a volunteer mission only. If there are not enough people to crew ''Galactica'', he will instead lead a Raptor assault with anyone willing to join him. Everybody makes their choice; there are enough people to crew the ship. Preparations for the final mission get underway. Command of the Fleet is transferred to Louis Hoshi, the flag is transferred to the baseship and a number of Vipers are assigned to it for CAP duties.

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=== Battle of The Colony ===
[[Image:Battleofthecolony.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''Galactica'' takes massive hits seconds after jumping to [[The Colony]].]]
With a skeleton crew and a frail battlestar, Admiral Adama executes a daring mission to rescue Hera Agathon.

''Galactica'' jumps to the Colony at point-blank range. Almost immediately, the ship is pummeled mercilessly by the Colony's heavy caliber cannons and multi-barrel point defense turrets (causing the destruction of its dorsal Colonial roundel and heavy structural damage all around the ship) until [[Samuel Anders]], recently injured and turned into a [[Hybrid]], manages to take them and the Colony's Hybrids offline. As ''Galactica's'' Vipers launch and engage incoming Raiders, its Raptors jump directly from their berth in the starboard [[flight pod]], causing the destruction of the pod, and maneuver to board the Colony. ''Galactica'' then accelerates to flank speed and rams the Colony, providing an entry and exit point for assault teams but crumpling its forward alligator head and destroying the forward observation deck.

As the battle wages on, Cylon Raiders swarm ''Galactica'', destroying at least one of its remaining heavy gun batteries. Cylon forces manage to blow a hole in Deck 21, allowing them to pour into the ship at platoon strength. Legions of enemy Centurions swarm into the ship, and are held back by marine firing squads, despite inflicting heavy casualties. After a brief cease fire, the ship comes under enemy fire once more, in one final push by Cylon forces. After the Colony is hit with nuclear-tipped missiles launched by Racetrack's drifting Raptor, both ''Galactica'' and the Colony begin falling into the black hole the Colony was orbiting.

===Journey's End===

[[File:Battlestar Over Africa.jpg|thumb|right|200px|right|A crippled ''Galactica'' over Earth.]]

Battered by interstellar debris, ''Galactica'' is successful in escaping its position via a blind FTL jump to [[The Music|coordinates Thrace enters]]. While successfully emerging from its final FTL jump, ''Galactica'' suffers a series of catastrophic failures across its entire structure. Between the failure to retract its flight pods and the cumulative damage sustained over its flight from the Colonies, ''Galactica''{{'|s}} lateral structural supports buckle. This "breaks the back" of the last battlestar, visibly apparent as the entire midsection violently oscillates against the bow and engineering sections.

A cascading effect of hull breaches and explosive decompressions rock the ship, with multiple decks venting to space. Structural reinforcing beams rip through ceilings and floors, causing insurmountable damage and blowing out electrical conduits. Damage to this infrastructure results in electrical failures and power surges destroying multiple system components, including displays, in the CIC. As the midsection flexes, several Vipers are tossed from the port flight deck, and pieces of the outer hull shear off.

Reinforced by Cylon [[organic resin]], the ship's overall integrity remains cohesive, but barely. Life support, DRADIS and sublight propulsion are operational, while FTL is inoperative. Given the overall state, ''Galactica'' has made its final jump...hanging over the singular satellite of a [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth:_The_Promised_Land|habitable planet]] within sublight range.

When the Colonials decide to colonize this world, ''Galactica''{{'|s}} personnel and supplies are transferred to the new world. Along with the surviving bulk of the civilian fleet, ''Galactica'' is piloted directly into the system's star by [[Samuel Anders]], who remains aboard as he is interconnected with the battlestar. [[William Adama]] becomes the last ambulatory soul to leave the ship, departing in his Cylon War-era Viper Mark II. 150,000 years thereafter, existence of the ship and its Fleet are absent from Earth's history, [[Hera Agathon|except for the existence of a progenitor]] to the new human race<ref>"Like a wind crying endlessly through the universe, Time carries away the names and the deeds of conquerors and commoners alike. And all that we were, all that remains, is in the memories of those who cared we came this way for a brief moment." - [[Harlan Ellison]]</ref> {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.

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== Crew ==
:''For information on Senior Staff, see : [[Senior Staff of Galactica]]''
:''For a list of pilots, see: [[List of Pilots]]''
:''For a list of deckhands, see: [[List of deckhands]]''
:''For a list of marines, see: [[Colonial Marine Corps]]''

Before the attack, ''Galactica'' has approximately 2,900 crewmen. By the time of the arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', attrition has reduced this number to about 2,660. (c.f. [[Crew tally]])
It is unknown whether the Colonial Marines account for members or not.
*Between "[[Act of Contrition]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" ''Galactica''{{'|s}} offensive capability is also greatly hampered by the number of [[List of Pilots|qualified pilots]] available, and their lack of flight simulators with which to train more. Since ''Galactica''{{'|s}} reunion with ''Pegasus'', this has ceased to be an issue {{TRS|Scar}}.

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Image:BSG Ortho Top & Bottom.jpg|''Galactica'' - [[Zoic]] rendering    
Image:BSG Ortho Front, Back & Starboard.jpg|''Galactica'' - Zoic rendering    
Image:Galactica's top side.jpg|''Galactica'''s top side.
Image:Kg cg ns galactica-049.jpg|''Galactica'''s front - Zoic
Image:Battlestar stern.jpg|''Galactica'''s stern.
Image:Galactica retraction.jpg|Flight pod retraction area.
Image:Galactica's bottom-023b.jpg|''Galactica'''s bottom.
Image:Bsg damaged.jpg|''Galactica'' with battle damage. (High Res)
Image:Cylon War-era Galactica, "Razor" Flashback 1.jpg|''Galactica'' in the "[[Razor Flashbacks]]".
Image:Galactica - flight pods retracted.jpg|''Galactica'' with flight pods retracted.
Image:BSG landing alcove.jpg|''Galactica'' landing alcove.
Image:Kg cg ns galactica-037.jpg|A cluster of rail guns.
Image:Battered Battlestar.jpg|Bow view of ''Galactica''.
Image:GalPeg.png|''Galactica'' overlooking ''Pegasus''.
Image:Pointdefence2 101 1080i.jpg|''Galactica''{{'|s}} point defense batteries in action    
Image:Galactica fights off missile salvos.jpg|''Galactica'' establishes a defense perimeter.
Image:Raptor scramble.jpg|''Galactica'' scrambles Vipers and Raptors.
Image:Colony Breech.jpg|''Galactica'' is rammed into the Colony.
Image:Img0059.jpg|''Galactica'''s main batteries.
Image:Galactia's end.jpg|''Galactica'' and the Fleet depart for the sun, with the African continent in the background.

Image:CIC Overview 1.jpg|''Galactica'''s CIC.
Image:Cicweaponscontrol1.jpg|Weapons control.
Image:Cictacticalstation1.jpg|Tactical station.
Image:Cic commstation.jpg|Communications.
Image:The Mess.jpg|The Officers' mess hall.
Image:Cicdmgcontrol.jpg|Damage control.
Image:Ftl2.jpg|FTL Drive.
Image:Bsg-1-10.jpg|The "War Room".
Image:Porthangardeck.jpg|The port hangar bay on ''Galactica''.
Image:DutyLocker.jpg|Crew quarters.
Image:GalacticaInterior Sickbay1.jpg|Sickbay
Image:Galactica Museum, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg| The ''Galactica'' museum in the starboard flight pod.
Image:Galactica corridor.jpg|The "A-shaped" corridors.
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== See also ==
*[[Galactica crew facilities (RDM)|Galactica crew facilities]]
*[[:Category:Galactica Areas (RDM)|Galactica Areas]]

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Battle of the Ionian Nebula

2021-03-20T11:30:14Z

CoreyDanian: /* Notes */ Damage is seen in Collaborators following New Caprica.

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{{Battle Data
| name=Battle of the Ionian Nebula
| image= Ionian Battle 1.jpg
| description= Cylons forces ambush the mysteriously crippled Colonial Fleet
| conflict= [[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]]
| date=Approx. [[Timeline (RDM)|3 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
| place= [[Ionian Nebula]]
| result= Tactical [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] victory Withdrawal of the Cylon fleet Triggers the [[Cylon Civil War]]
| combatant1= Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]
| combatant2= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
| co1= Admiral [[William Adama]]
| co2= [[Basestar command]]
| strength1= ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', approx 80 [[Vipers]] and 30 [[Raptors]] 
| strength2= Four [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Heavy Raider]]s
| shiploss1= ''[[Pyxis]]'' destroyed, ''[[Zephyr]]'' severely damaged, ''[[Astral Queen]]'' slightly damaged, ''Galactica'' damaged.
| shiploss2= Numerous Raiders
| casualties1= 600 civilians on ''[[Pyxis]]'', 1,101 deaths on other ships<ref>The [[survivor count]] in the credits decreases by 1,700, accounting for the deaths during the teaser and for the return of [[Kara Thrace]]. The majority of the 1,101 additional deaths likely occur on ''Zephyr'', but other ships are hit as well.</ref>.
| casualties2=Unknown, light
| prev=[[Battle of the Algae Planet]]
| next=[[Battle of the Trinary Star System]]
| series=RDM
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The '''Battle of the Ionian Nebula''' occurs soon after the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet of surviving Colonial ships]] jumps into the [[Ionian Nebula]]. Upon arriving at the nebula, the ships of the Fleet mysteriously lose all power. As the ships drift aimlessly, four Cylon basestars that had been tracking them jump into the nebula and begin launching Raiders. By the time power is restored to ''Galactica'' and the civilian ships, Raiders are already inbound and the Fleet is incapable of jumping to safety before they close to firing distance.

== Events leading up to the battle ==

During the power outage [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Samuel Anders|Samuel "Longshot" Anders]], and [[Tory Foster]] begin to aimlessly wander the halls of ''Galactica'' muttering the lyrics to a [[The Music|mysterious song]], having heard it in their heads for the past few days. When all four arrive in the same room and see each other, they realize that they are actually Cylons themselves. When the alert is sounded, they resolve to continue serving in the roles they did when they believed they were human. Tyrol returns to the flight deck, Anders heads for his Viper, and Tigh and Foster go to [[CIC]] and return to the sides of their Admiral [[William Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin]].

During the scramble to launch the alert Vipers, [[Lee Adama]], now a civilian after resigning from the military just before the trial of [[Gaius Baltar]], returns to his quarters to retrieve his helmet and flight suit and join the fight. While intercepting the incoming waves of Raiders, he picks up an unknown contact on his Viper's [[DRADIS]] and breaks formation to investigate. The unknown contact is intermittent and toys with Adama until it pulls alongside him and reveals itself to be [[Kara Thrace]], alive and flying a spotless [[Viper Mark II]]. Thrace claims she has been to Earth and that she will lead the Fleet there {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II}}.

== Civilians under attack ==

''Galactica'''s Vipers and Raptors are able to stop the main force of 200-plus Raiders, but the Cylon reserves manage to break through the Colonial lines. Outgunned and with the civilian ships requiring time to spin up their FTL drives, Admiral Adama orders all available pilots and ships to launch, including inexperienced [[nugget|nuggets]] like Samuel Anders and [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]].

The battle floods over the drifting Fleet, Vipers and Raiders dogfighting among the ships while ''Galactica'' puts up anti-aircraft artillery ([[AAA]]) and fires its primary batteries at the Raiders and basestars. A damaged Raider collides with ''[[Pyxis]]'', destroying the liner and the 600 people aboard. The Cylon basestars launch a barrage of over 50 missiles, half of them targeting the civilian ships. Adama orders all Vipers and point defense batteries to concentrate on protecting the civilians, since ''Galactica'' can withstand the damage. Two missiles hit ''[[Zephyr]]'', resulting in severe damage to its ring section and many causalities, and another missile strikes ''[[Astral Queen]]'', breaching the forward section of its hull. A missile bound for ''[[Colonial One]]'' is successfully intercepted by Seelix.

When Anders maneuvers behind a Raider chasing Seelix, it abruptly turns around, scans him with its single red eye, and breaks off when Anders' own eyes flash red in a Cylon [[IFF|friend or foe identification signal]]. To the amazement of the Colonials, the other Raiders return to their basestars and the Cylons spin up their [[FTL]] drives to jump away. Adama seizes this opportunity and orders the Fleet to withdraw {{TRS|He That Believeth In Me}}.

== Aftermath ==

The Cylons now suspect that the [[Final Five]] reside within the human fleet. Since the Raiders broke off the attack of their own volition, a [[Number One|Cavil]] decides to have them lobotomized to remove part of their free will. The [[Number Four|Four]] and [[Number Five|Five]] models support that decision, but the [[Number Two|Two]], [[Number Six|Six]] and [[Number Eight|Eight]] models do not. When [[Sharon Valerii]] sides with Cavil, he takes that as the deciding vote and has the Raiders lobotomized. In retaliation, a Six named [[Natalie]], now advocating a search for the Five, removes the [[Telencephalic inhibitor|devices]] that enslave the Centurions, turning them on Number One's faction {{TRS|Six of One}}. This marks the beginning of the [[Cylon Civil War]] which forces the rebels and humans to work together in an alliance that ultimately leads to the [[Revelations|discovery of Earth]] and [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub|multiple]] [[Battle of The Colony|victories]] over the Ones and their forces.

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Image:Raptor scramble.jpg|Raptors scramble...
Image:Basestar fires missiles, "He That Believeth In Me".jpg|A basestar fires missiles.
Image:Zephyr damaged, "He That Believeth In Me".jpg|''Zephyr'' is damaged during the battle.
Image:Battered Battlestar.jpg|''Galactica'' after the battle, missing a gun turret.
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Battlestar Wiki:Sandbox/He That Believeth in Me

2021-03-20T11:28:32Z

CoreyDanian: /* Ionian Nebula */ Actually seen in Collaborators so not related to battle.

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: ''During a seemingly hopeless [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|battle]], [[Kara Thrace]] appears in a pristine [[Viper Mark II|Viper]], claiming that she has been to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] and can lead the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] there—but the terminal [[Laura Roslin]] believes otherwise. Meanwhile, four of the so-called [[Final Five]] are forced to tackle the repercussions of their newfound nature, while [[Gaius Baltar]] discovers he has a [[Cult of Baltar|commune of nubile female cultists]] who believe him to be an agent of the "one true [[God (RDM)|God]]."''

: '''''Note''': This is part one of a two-part episode. See the episode "[[Six of One]]" for the conclusion.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] are flying side by side, staring at each other across space. Lee is in a state of disbelief. Thrace rebukes his claim that her [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] [[Maelstrom#Act 4|exploded]]. She says that she's found Earth and describes some of its attributes, as the [[CIC]] crew listen to the chatter.
* [[William Adama]], who is clearly emotional, demands that the ship be identified. [[Felix Gaeta]] does so, replying that the ship's recognition codes match, while [[Anastasia Dualla]] tries to raise Lee on the wireless. [[Karl Agathon]] notes that the woman's voice sounds like Thrace's. [[Laura Roslin]], recovered from her [[Crossroads, Part II|earlier headache]], states that it is likely a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] trick. Adama orders that the verification be duplicated; however, Gaeta suddenly reports that more than 200 Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|raiders]] are inbound. Adama orders that the Vipers and Raptor pickets engage the Cylons.
* Hearing the order, Thrace tells Lee not to lose her this time. "Not a chance," he replies, as both begin engaging the first wave of raiders. Thrace blows the head off one raider, splattering its blood over her Viper.
* [[Image:403 - Tigh scream, you scream, we all scream.jpg|thumb|[[Saul Tigh]] experiences a waking nightmare in which he believes he shot [[William Adama]].]]Roslin reiterates her belief that Thrace's voice is a "Cylon trick." Gaeta reports that the Vipers have stopped the main Cylon thrust, but the reserves have broken through the line and are headed to the fleet. Adama tells [[Saul Tigh]] that he wants everything launched. Tigh hesitates, then experiences a vision in which he pulls out a gun and shoots Adama in his right eye. He awakens out of his waking-state nightmare as Adama continues to bark orders at him. Adama wants everyone who has "ever held a stick" up in the air. Unsure of what exactly happened, Tigh relays the order.
* [[Galen Tyrol]] is barking out orders on the [[hangar deck]]. Ensigns [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] arrive. En route to their ships, as Seelix goes off, Anders begins to vocally question whether or not he'll turn against "his own" after he launches. Tyrol tells him to "shut the [[frak]] up" and follow Tigh's lead: be the man he wants to be. During the pep-talk, [[Sharon Agathon]] approaches them, overhearing a snippet of the conversation in which Tyrol tells Anders that he is "Samuel T. Anders." She asks who else would he be and then gives him advice to retain his cool out in the fray. She walks off to her Raptor; Anders is relieved that she didn't ferret him out, and hopes the other Cylons won't be able to, either. Tyrol tells him to not give them the chance to find out and to get to his ship.
* [[Gaius Baltar]] and his [[Cult of Baltar|female admirers]], led by a woman named [[Jeanne]], escort Baltar through the ship, heading to a previously-abandoned compartment on the ship. En route, they pass by [[Charlie Connor]], who catches a glimpse of Baltar, even though Baltar is covered in a shawl.
* During the battle, a damaged raider sprawls out of control and crashes into the ''[[Pyxis]]'', destroying the ship. Gaeta reports this and Roslin is shocked, saying that they've lost 600 souls. Roslin then inquires how the Cylons were able to find them. Tigh and [[Tory Foster]] exchange glances [[Crossroads, Part II#Act 4|again]]. Gaeta reports that the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s have launched 50-plus missiles. Half are headed towards the civilian ships of the fleet; the other half are headed towards ''Galactica''. Adama believes that ''Galactica'' can take the beating, but that the civilian ships would be wiped out by such an attack; he orders the Vipers and Raptors to shoot down the missiles headed towards the civilian ships.
* Anders launches and, still fearing that he may have Cylon programming yet to be turned on, begins summarizing his life. Seelix replies that he's jamming up the wireless since he has the transmit button pressed down. Anders releases the button and chastises himself. Cylon warheads begin striking ''Galactica''. Two missiles headed toward the civilian ships strike the ''[[Zephyr]]'', damaging her. Seelix manages to destroy a warhead that would have struck ''[[Colonial One]]''. However, a raider comes up from behind her in pursuit. Anders gets behind the raider and attempts to destroy it, but his guns have apparently seized. The raider suddenly breaks off its attack on Seelix and flips around to face Anders. Instead of attacking, however, the raider scans Anders, as shown by the motion of its red eye. The iris in Anders's right eye glows red as it is scanned and the raider disengages.
*All the raiders cease their attack and return to their baseships, which spin up their [[FTL]] drives, much to the confusion of the Colonials who know that the Cylons had them dead to rights.
* Adama orders that they take advantage of the opportunity they've been presented, ordering the fighters to cover their rear while the fleet begins jump prep. Tigh asks why the Cylons withdrew and Foster replies, "Maybe something's changed," referring to their newfound knowledge of their Cylon natures. Roslin asks what the "change" may be, but Tigh feigns ignorance.

=== Act 1 ===

* After the Fleet makes its first jump away from the Ionian Nebula, Baltar is led to the women's enclave. [[Jeanne]] reassures him that he'll be safe as they approach a compartment previously dedicated to dry stowage. Connor and another male associate have followed the group to the compartment, but do not enter. In the compartment, Baltar enters a commune consisting mostly of young, nubile women and men, almost all Caucasian. They look subserviently downward, unwilling to meet his gaze, until he comes across a shrine decorated as if with Christmas lights. He merely looks around and mutters, "Right," in a state of semi-disbelief.
* Tyrol looks over Thrace's blood-covered, yet otherwise pristine Mark II Viper. As Thrace opens the cockpit, she tells Tyrol to develop her [[gun camera]] footage, claiming to have some great shots to show everyone. She asks for her post-flight checklist. Tyrol replies that she has none. Pilots who've landed start to approach Thrace and her Viper. Lee, who has just landed, runs up and hugs her. From the walkway above the hangar bay, Tigh asks Adama if he believes in miracles. Adama replies in the negative. Anders follows Lee's suit, saying that he told everyone that she was too "frakking mean to kill." She notes Anders's flight suit, surprised to learn that Anders has been trained as a Viper pilot. Thrace shouts to Admiral Adama that she found Earth. Adama replies by ordering marines to escort her to sickbay where [[Cottle|Doc Cottle]] will give her a complete examination. Thrace reveals that, from her point of view, she's been off the ship for six hours. Anders replies that it has been over two months since she died, which Lee confirms.
* [[Image:403 - God's presence.jpg|thumb|Baltar "feels" God's presence.]]In the commune, Jeanne tells Baltar that she's going to get her son, [[Derrick]], asking him not to go anywhere on the ship, since it isn't safe for him. Jeanne tells him that [[Tracey Anne]] will be with him to give him whatever he needs. Baltar claims that he's praying for Derrick, who is presently in ''Galactica'''s sickbay. When he asks about travel arrangements, Jeanne notes that security is too tight to smuggle him off ''Galactica''. Her fellow cultist, [[Paulla Schaffer]], adds that none of the other ships would have him. As they leave, [[Virtual Six]] in a red blouse appears to him. She asks why he is glum, given that he faced execution, yet was granted life. He replies that he's doomed to be stuck in a looney bin with a bunch of cultists. Virtual Six assures him that she hasn't brought him this far for nothing, then he begins to ask for a ray of hope for the future. Tracey Anne sees Baltar on his knees, appearing to pray. She finds the way he prays beautiful, not just some hollow ritual. She tells him that when she prays, she feels empty. Prompted by Six, Baltar claims that the gods they worship are false and that there is only one true God, as she begins to caress his face and chest. As he explains how the gods were propagated by the "ruling elite" to suppress their knowledge of "the truth," she unbuttons his shirt. He reveals that "there's only one God" and Tracey Anne exposes her breasts to him. Assured that they are alone and the door is locked, she moves his hands to cup her breasts and asks him if he feels God's presence. "You know what," he replies glibly, "I think I do." Then they copulate in the presence of the shrine.
* In Adama's quarters, Thrace is told that all her tests check out and she appears human. She accuses them of thinking that she's a Cylon. Roslin, who is present with Tory Foster and Lee Adama, presses her to explain how she found Earth. Thrace claims that she followed a [[Heavy Raider|heavy raider]] into the storm, taking some fire, then blacked out. When she came to, she was orbiting Earth, which she was able to identify from the descriptions in the [[Book of Pythia]]. Showing the pictures that were developed from her gun camera, she claims that the pictures are of Earth and its moon. Further, she claims to have matched the star configurations with what was seen in the [[Tomb of Athena]].<ref>In a deleted scene, Roslin states that only four of the star patterns matched and eight did not.</ref> Thrace claims that she doesn't know how she was able to find them at the Ionian Nebula. Roslin continues to press her for information. She replies that she turned the ship to a reciprocal heading and later blacked out. She adds that she remembers a giant gas planet with rings. She also claims to have seen a triple star and a comet. Roslin questions the time discrepancy. Thrace remains adamant that she found Earth, took the pictures, and was able to return to the fleet, but cannot account for the time discrepancy.
* In the hangar bay, Tyrol shows Adama (who is accompanied by Roslin, Foster, Lee, and Tigh) the Viper in which Thrace returned, which he has had cleaned up. He notes that it is pristine, as if it had just come off the "showroom floor." Tyrol confirms that while the tail numbers match the one she flew out on, the ship is not the same one he's been repairing for years. Furthermore, the navigational computer has no entries in it. Roslin tells Adama to put Thrace in the brig. Lee objects, asking about Cottle's test. Tigh grumpily replies that Cottle's test doesn't mean a thing and also that Baltar's [[Cylon detector]] is a crock that failed to identify [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]].<ref>Despite Tigh's mentioning the Cylon detector, dialogue only states that Doctor Cottle compared Thrace's DNA with her file records (the same procedure he used with [[Bulldog]] in "[[Hero]]"). Baltar's Cylon detector, however, uses a more complex molecular analysis to generate a result.</ref> Adama ruefully notes that they're back at square one. Any one of them can be a Cylon, and they wouldn't know it until they had a bullet in their heads or led the fleet into an ambush. Roslin notes that something stopped the Cylons from destroying the fleet, and she believes that Thrace is somehow responsible for it. Further, Roslin believes that Thrace was returned to them to pull them off their course. Lee notes that they don't have a course, since they weren't able to stay at the nebula. He posits that Thrace may very well be the "signpost" they've been looking for, but Roslin will have none of it.

=== Act 2 ===

* Baltar and Tracey Anne, both unclothed, are awakened by the presence of Jeanne and the cultists. Jeanne brings Derrick, who is ill with viral encephalitis and cannot be treated with medicines, and asks Baltar to pray for his recovery. Baltar says that Derrick has to be strong, and they have to be strong for him. Jeanne says that she didn't want Derrick to die in the [[sickbay]]. Baltar reiterates his claim that he prays for Derrick. Jeanne claims to know this, but adds that she believes that the "one true God" doesn't want Derrick to live. A wide-eyed, unsettled Baltar cannot answer this contention.
* In Tigh's quarters, the "[[frakr:Fantastic Four|Final Four]]" are assembled. Tigh inquires about the "[[The Music|frakking music]]" and the others reply that they no longer hear it. Tyrol suggests that it may have stopped when they discovered their true natures, but they still don't know for certain what it was. Anders recounts his experience with the Cylon raider scanning him, but they don't know what to make of the Cylons' sudden retreat, or Anders's inability to fire on the raider. Tigh remains adamant that [[Racetrack]] was right: Anders had made a "dumb nugget mistake" by leaving the weapon safeties on. They broach the topic of being programmed to sabotage the fleet, like [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]]. Tigh vociferously contends that Boomer did not know who she was; they do, and they silently agree to kill themselves before they do anything against the humans.
* Roslin visits [[Caprica Six]] in the brig. Roslin discusses the shared dream they experienced in the [[Opera House]], where Caprica saw more than she did. Roslin asks Caprica to help her with information regarding the Cylons known as the Final Five, since she wants to know if Kara Thrace is one of them. Caprica replies that they are programmed not to think of the Five, but notes that they are close since she can feel them.
* [[Image:Thrace's headache.jpg|thumb|Thrace experiences a headache.]]In the CIC, Thrace is reviewing star charts with Gaeta, who is clearly aggravated. Agathon notices Gaeta's behavior and relieves him. Thrace notes that no one believes her, since everyone seems to think she's a Cylon. In a conversation that begins to get heated, Adama overhears Thrace's reasoning that finding the star systems on their charts won't work. Thrace tells them that she can find the way to Earth by feeling it. She says that the more jumps they make away from their starting point (the Ionian Nebula), the harder it is for her to tell the road to Earth, because they are going the wrong way. Adama dismisses Agathon. Adama reveals that Roslin is adamant that they continue the course laid before them by the [[Eye of Jupiter]]. As they execute another FTL jump, Thrace experiences a headache and says they're going the wrong way and that she fears she may lose the feeling completely. She asks for them to go back to the nebula and while Adama would like to believe her, he can't go to Roslin and ask her to dismiss the writings of Pythia and the information derived from the supernova. Adama reveals that he's just "left her ship," noting that it is pristine, and asks her to explain that fact. She cannot, but swears to the gods that she ''is'' Kara Thrace and that he can trust her on her intuition. Adama painfully replies that he can't afford to trust her, and she leaves with her marine escort.

=== Act 3 ===

* [[Image:Yet another frakking Adama talk.jpg|thumb|The Adamas reconcile, somewhat.]]Lee and William Adama are watching Lee's gun camera footage of Thrace's death near the mandala. The elder Adama asks whether he should believe his heart or his eyes. Lee replies that he shares the same state of mind. Admiral Adama says he wants to believe Thrace, but notes that Roslin's right, and that the Cylons may be counting on Adama's belief. He adds that they'll follow Roslin's lead for the time being. Lee asks if Roslin's still staying in his father's quarters. Adama replies in the positive, noting that this is temporary until they can find quarters where she can wait for the remaining [[Doloxan]] treatments. Adama thanks Lee for suiting up during the fight. As an unspoken apology for an earlier heated discussion about Lee's integrity, Adama offers Lee his wings back. However, Lee notes that while he removed those for the wrong reasons, he's had feelers from the government, who have offered him a chance to do more than he ever could do in the cockpit. He feels that Baltar's trial was a "trigger," but he notes that he needs a change. After an uncomfortable, solemn silence, Lee asks what would have happened had [[Zak Adama|Zak]] been in the cockpit, and it was revealed that he were a Cylon, and always had been. He asks if they would still love him, but Bill Adama does not answer the question.
* At the commune, Baltar watches over Derrick as Jeanne and the others sleep. He then makes a decision to leave, but before he does so, he returns and prays over Derrick. Baltar asks why God should choose to take an innocent life instead of his own, because he's failed so many people and brought so much grief to the human race, yet the boy has done nothing to sin against God. As he prays, the women wake up and stare at him. Jeanne also awakens and begins to cry softly, clearly touched by this display. After Baltar is done, he looks around and walks away.
* Later on, Baltar and Schaffer walk through ''Galactica'''s oddly empty corridors, heading towards the officers' head. During the conversation, she says that they were all moved by Baltar's prayer. Baltar ruefully notes that it did no good, as Derrick's sickness has become worse. Schaffer tells Baltar that the prayer helped ensure that God looks after his immortal soul, which Baltar glibly snaps at. Baltar tells Schaffer that they shouldn't look at him for guidance, implying that they are young and easily misguided. Baltar asks what they're doing in the head, in reply to which she snaps out a straight razor which he uses to shave his beard. After he is fully shaven, Charlie Connor enters. He appears very cordial towards Baltar, addressing him as "Mister President"; despite Schaffer's urging, Baltar strikes up a conversation with Connor. Connor reveals that they met at [[Founders' Day]] on [[New Caprica]], where Baltar also met Kevin (his son) who told Baltar that he wanted to be president when he grew up. Baltar asks about Kevin. Connor reveals that Kevin died at the hands of the [[New Caprica Police]] during the Cylon occupation. Schaffer heads towards the hatch, only to be restrained by an associate of Connor's (possibly [[Shaunt]]). As she's being restrained, Connor assaults Baltar and places the razor Baltar used to Baltar's throat. Connor orders Baltar to look at him; Baltar does so, wide-eyed.

=== Act 4 ===

[[Image:Connor attacks Baltar.jpg|thumb||right|[[Charlie Connor]] attacks [[Gaius Baltar]].]]
*Connor demands that Baltar scream. He wants to know if anyone would come after him. Meanwhile, Shaunt begins choking Schaffer to death. Baltar is brought to his knees. When Connor starts cutting into his throat, Virtual Six appears and asks if he was sincere in his prayer. He replies to Six that he is sincere, and begs that his life be taken. Connor is flummoxed at this. Schaffer manages to break free from Shaunt and breaks off a handle from a nearby floor washing bucket. She beats Shaunt with it, incapacitating him, then saves Baltar by striking Connor. She continues to beat Connor until Baltar stops her.
* En route to the commune, an exhilarated Schaffer says that she knew God wouldn't abandon Baltar and that she had felt his love course through her, giving her the power to smite his attackers. He retorts that she should employ less smiting next time, unless she wants to be brought up on murder charges.
* Baltar enters the enclave to discover that Derrick has fully recovered from his encephalitis. As the cultists look at him, Six appears with a smirk on her face.
[[Image:Thrace and her gun.jpg|thumb||right|Thrace points a gun at Laura Roslin.]]
*In the [[memorial hallway]], Thrace notes to Anders that no one has removed her picture from the wall. Anders tells her to cut Adama and everyone some slack, since they are trying to figure out what happened to her. She tells Anders that she figured her experience of finding Earth was a dream. She begins theorizing about the logistics of her return aloud, speculating that the Cylons may have pulled her out of the soup and brainwashed her, or managed to clone her from parts that were extracted from her during her time in the Cylon baby [[farms]]. Anders disputes this, saying that if she were a Cylon, she's been one from the beginning. He professes his undying love for her, even if she may be a Cylon. She replies that he's more forgiving than she'd ever be, in that if Anders were a Cylon, she'd kill him. The ship jumps again and Thrace experiences another headache. She insists that the fleet's going the wrong way. She claims that if she goes through one more jump, she'll lose the way. Anders offers her a bunk, but Thrace begins to believe that the only way to stop going the wrong way is to deal with Roslin. She incapacitates [[Brandy Harder|Harder]], then Anders knocks [[Allan Nowart]]'s gun aside before he can fire it. Thrace incapacitates Nowart as well. Anders asks what the hell she's doing. She asks where Roslin is, but Anders refuses to answer, so she knocks him out. Thrace takes out the marines guarding Adama's quarters, using a stun grenade.<ref>Also known as a "flash bang"; see the [[w:Grenade#Stun grenades|Wikipedia article about it]]</ref> Roslin, who is sleeping in Adama's bunk, awakens to find Thrace approaching her. As Roslin stands, Thrace aims a gun at her head.

== Notes ==

=== General ===

* This season shows the first major change in the teaser titles since the series began. Instead of the "And They Have a Plan" text, the new titles show "Twelve Cylon models. Seven are known. Four live in secret. One will be revealed."
* The gun Saul Tigh uses in his "nightmare" against [[William Adama]] is the same weapon that [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] shot Adama with in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
* The [[FTL]] jump at the end of the episode is an abbreviated version of the [[w:Vertigo zoom|vertigo zoom]] effect, which has not been seen since the [[Miniseries|miniseries]].
* The title is a reference to John 11:25-26, which says:
*: Jesus said unto her, "I am the resurrection, and the life: '''he that believeth in me''', though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" (King James Bible)
* In Baltar's conversation with [[Tracey Anne]], he reveals the name of one more of the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|gods]], [[Poseidon]], a god in the Greek pantheon.

=== Characters ===

* While Anders played for a professional Caprican [[pyramid]] team, he was (allegedly) born on [[Picon (RDM)|Picon]] and enrolled in [[Noyce Elementary School]].
* Like everyone else, Tigh is unaware that the Cylon detector correctly identified Boomer as a Cylon, and that Baltar reprogrammed the detector to give only negative test results ("[[Flesh and Bone]]," "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").

=== Fleet ===
* The [[survivor count|population]] of the Fleet, which hasn't been revealed since "[[The Son Also Rises]]" (but is assumed to be around 41,398), is 39,698. 600 of those were people who died aboard the ''Pyxis'', the other 1,101 likely died on other ships during the attack. The survivor count also takes into account the return of Kara Thrace.
* The number of people killed, 1,701, is a nod to the registry number of the [[MemoryAlpha:Enterprise|''Enterprise'']] from the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' series. The number is seen again in "[[The Ties That Bind]]" on a [[weapons locker]] where the "[[Final Five|Fantastic Four]]" meet.
* As revealed in this episode's [[Podcast:He That Believeth In Me|podcast]], the ''[[Zephyr]]'' is not destroyed during the battle per [[Ron D. Moore]]'s request.

=== Production ===

*The title was first reported as "He That Believath In Me". Writer [[User:Ngarenn|Bradley Thompson]] [[BW:OC#Season 4 First Episode Title|confirmed]] that this was an unintentional misspelling.
* "He That Believeth In Me" and "[[Six of One]]" aired back-to-back as a two-hour TV event in the UK.
* As with Season 3's season opener, the length of this episode's teaser clocks near the 10-minute mark.
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] has been re-added to the opening credit roll, since her "stunt" removal in the episodes "[[The Son Also Rises]]" and the "[[Crossroads]]" two-parter. (Although she was credited in the end credits for "[[Crossroads, Part II]]".)

=== Gaffes ===

* The stills from Thrace's gun camera footage incorrectly show ''Galactica'' as belonging to Battlestar Group 62. Given that ''Pegasus'' was in BSG 62, the production staff likely modified and re-used a graphic template from an earlier episode, but the incorrect number slipped past them.
* When Thrace's Viper appears at the end of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]," the pilot and callsign stencils below the cockpit are missing, but they are shown at the beginning of this episode and in all subsequent shots.
* Moreover, in promotional photos for this episode, the tail number of Thrace's Viper is [[Viper 4267|4267NC]], the same Viper that [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]] used and died in during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". This number was digitally edited in the aired version to match the Viper that was destroyed in "Maelstrom": [[Viper 8757|Viper 8757NC]].
**As Tyrol first inspects Starbuck's Viper, the camera pans down the length of the Viper from nose to tail. The tail number is 4267NC when it comes into view, but quickly changes to 8757NC as the camera moves past the cockpit. When Tyrol is showing it to Roslin, Tory, Adama, Tigh, and Apollo a few scenes later, the tail number remains 8757NC, but reverts to 4267NC later in the scene when Apollo is standing on the ladder.
* Nobody notices that Thrace has much longer hair than when she disappeared, not even Thrace herself, claiming to have been gone for only six hours.

== Analysis ==

=== Gaius Baltar and his cult ===

* Baltar's cult is a cult of personality, in which Gaius Baltar is seen by some humans as a messianic, mortal savior, in a parallel to the Cylon [[Hybrid]]'s designation of Baltar as "the chosen one." Further, no reason for this apparently sudden rise of the "Baltar cult" has yet been provided.
* While Baltar's appearance during season 3 increasingly resembled the classic image of Jesus Christ as bearded and long-haired, his messianic cult has him shave and cut his hair to shed this image. However, Baltar's new willingness to sacrifice himself for others has made him more of a Christ figure in action, even as he becomes less of one in appearance.
* Baltar's cult seems to have amassed a following comprising mostly of women who are Caucasian, well-fit, reasonably well-proportioned, and within the ages of 20 to 40. Further, the cult seems to be disturbingly similar to the "Manson Family" in this regard, although Baltar is more or less placed in the position as cult's spiritual leader.
* The cult is also hedonistic, verging on counter-cultural (note the class-warfare against the fleet's so-called "aristocracy"), cooperative, and religious. Apparently, the room is shared by all, and sexual intercourse with one another is implied as being common, as the cultists do not appear surprised that Baltar and [[Tracey Anne]] have engaged in intercourse.

===Baltar's Virtual Six===

* Baltar's [[Virtual Six]] seems to have reached an understanding about his sexual liaisons with other women. Where she once seemed jealous and hurt (as in "[[Colonial Day]]," despite professing that he could have sex with whomever he wanted because his heart belonged to her), she now seems much more at ease and even encouraging of his sexual liaison with Tracey Anne.
* Her wardrobe, however, has also undergone a change: She formerly appeared almost exclusively in either a revealing red dress or a swimsuit (during Baltar's visions of the two of them at his now-destroyed home on Caprica); in this episode, she appears exclusively in a professional-looking suit of the same bright-red color as her old dress. Could this signify a change in how she perceives her relationship with Baltar? Although she has obviously harbored romantic feelings for him in the past, it is possible that she now perceives her role in a more professional and detached manner, and is choosing to put aside her own feelings in favor of guiding him down the path that God has laid out for him.

=== Ionian Nebula ===

* The fleet-wide power loss—and subsequent power recovery—remains unexplained.
* It may be inferred that the Cylons now know that the Final Five are in the fleet, given their rapid withdrawal during the battle.
* Further, it remains unexplained how the Cylons were able to track the fleet to the nebula. They either were able to determine the fleet's projected course, despite the efforts to use the ''Hitei Kan'' as a decoy, or found another way to track the fleet.
* The battle within the nebula demonstrates that ''Galactica'' remains combat-ready and able to engage Cylon basestars with all her weapons despite the damage suffered during the [[Battle of New Caprica]].
*Despite Racetrack's claim in "[[Torn]]" that ''Galactica'' has more trained pilots than ships as result of the combination of the crews of both battlestars, this episode shows Admiral Adama pressing nuggets into action in order to have as many Vipers flying as possible. This suggests either Racetrack was exaggerating or speaking only about Raptor pilots or that ''Galactica's'' Viper complement is now very large after also taking in ''Pegasus'''s existing and newly-constructed Vipers.
** Tigh noted in "A Day in the Life" that Tyrol's crew had completed repairs on all ships, which could account for the surplus.
* The battle marks the first overt Cylon attack on the civilian fleet since before the settling of New Caprica, when the Cylons indicated they no longer wished to wipe out the Colonials.

=== Kara Thrace ===

* As to be expected, Kara Thrace's return is clouded in suspicion. Given the time discrepancy (six hours from her perspective; more than two months from the Fleet's), she may have experienced a form [[w:gravitational time dilation|gravitational time dilation]]. The cause may be related to her proximity to the mandala phenomenon in "[[Maelstrom]]" or to whatever transported her to and thence to the Ionian Nebula.
* The "missing time" phenomenon and the lack of navigation data in the Viper's computer are similar to [[w:Abduction phenomenon|abduction experiences]] that have been reported. Coincidentally, these experiences allege paralysis and "blinding light." Kara Thrace experienced the blinding light phenomenon in "Maelstrom" before her death, and her lack of control in pulling up her Viper from the hard deck does suggest a form of paralysis, or even distraction, whereby her mind was occupied and thus ignored the warnings from Lee Adama and others.
* Her apparently strange trip through time and space may suggest a possible wormhole or spatial anomaly. If so, the inability of Adama, Roslin, and others to seriously consider this possibility again highlights the [[naturalistic science fiction]] aspect of the series—though the absence of Dr. Baltar's scientific expertise may also be a factor. Wormholes would be a phenomenon known to the Colonials, as Adama mentions them in "[[Sacrifice]]."
* Thrace has feelings of [[w:theophany|theophany]] before her death in "Maelstrom." Furthermore, these feelings have somehow influenced her and manifested in extra-sensory abilities that lead her to a [[w:Jeanne d'Arc|Jeanne d'Arc]]-ian crusade, believing that she can lead the fleet to Earth.
* Thrace's headaches are likely similar in nature to [[Laura Roslin]]'s headache in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" after the fleet arrives at the [[Ionian Nebula]]. After a jump is executed, Thrace experiences these headaches as well; however, the headaches lead her to believe that they are going further and further away from Earth.

=== Thrace's claims ===

[[Image:Kara Thrace Reconnaissance Photos.png|250px|thumb|right|Gun camera footage of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]]]

* When speaking of her claim about [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], Thrace mentions the moon being "yellow," matching the description of Pythia. Earth's moon, when viewed from space, is a dull, pale, yellowish brown. Her photo, taken from above the atmosphere, shows a slightly yellowish moon over a grayish planet with white flecks. However, the photographs are very desaturated—to the point of being black and white—and very likely don't represent the true colors.
* While initially believed that Thrace's "giant gas planet with rings" was any of the four [[w:Gas giant|Jovian]] planets ([[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]] or [[w:Saturn|Saturn]], notably), this is [[Faith|later disproved]].

=== The Final Five ===

* Given their animal-like nature, the biological Cylon raiders are able to identify members of the Final Five, as [[Samuel Anders]] experiences during the Battle of the Ionian Nebula.
* Sharon Agathon and Caprica Six are incapable of identifying the Final Five models, even after they've been "activated," to use the term loosely.
* The episode does not delve too deeply into [[Tory Foster]] or [[Galen Tyrol]]'s reactions to their newfound natures; however, this will certainly be explored in future episodes. The episode centers on [[Saul Tigh]], who has become the ''de facto'' leader of the "Final Four," and [[Samuel Anders]].
* Saul Tigh begins to have nightmares in his waking state. He envisions pulling out a gun and killing Adama, harkening back to [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]'s assassination attempt in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". In his nightmare, he shoots Adama in the right eye, the same eye Tigh lost during his torture on [[New Caprica]].

==== Samuel Anders ====

[[Image:Ander's red eye.jpg|thumb|Anders's eye responding to a raider's scan.]]

* During the battle, Anders maneuvers behind a Cylon raider on Seelix's six, but fails to fire his guns. The Cylon raider seems to sense something different about the pursuing Viper and turns around to face it. The raider's forward lid lowers to reveal its scanning red eye, reminiscent of when raiders accessed the backdoor in Baltar's [[command navigation program]] in the [[Miniseries|miniseries]]. Its eye looks straight ahead at Anders, and after a moment, Anders's right iris faintly flashes red in response to the raider's [[IFF]] transponder. The raider then raises its lid and breaks off, broadcasting its discovery to the rest of the attacking Cylon fleet, which disengages and retreats.
* There is no indication that Anders's inability to fire on the Cylon raider is because of any technical problem with the Viper. His safeties remain engaged during the battle; later, [[Margaret Edmondson]] and Tigh chalk this up to a "dumb [[nugget]] mistake" while Anders suspects it is subconscious Cylon programming.

=== Comparisons to the Original Series ===

* The episode shares many concepts with the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}}, particularly the mythology laid down in the original series's two-parter "[[War of the Gods]]". In that episode, it was revealed that there are greater forces at work in the universe: Count [[Iblis]], who is insinuated to have started the [[Thousand Yahren War]] that resulted in the [[Battle of Cimtar|Colonies' destruction]], and the "forces of good," the [[Beings of Light]] whom {{TOS|Adama}} describes as being "guardians of the universe."
** Essentially, in "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]," {{TOS|Apollo}} is killed by a bolt that Iblis meant for [[Sheba]]. After the encounter, Iblis is captured by the Beings of Light, as are Starbuck and Sheba, who leave the [[red planet]] with Apollo's cadaver in their [[Colonial Shuttle (TOS)|shuttle]]. Much like [[Kara Thrace]], Apollo comes back from the dead. While Thrace's resurrection has not yet been explained—this being one of the mysteries that drives the current season—Apollo is restored by the Beings of Light.
** Further, like Thrace, the three warriors of the original series experience lost time, memory loss, and feelings of theophany. Additionally, they are given the coordinates to [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]], which are buried in their subconscious, only to be awakened by a suggestion Adama makes to them. On the other hand, Kara Thrace is given (allegedly) a feeling of extra-sensory perception, being able to "feel" her way to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].
* It should also be noted that the Beings of Light in the original series are capable of moving ships to different locations. In "[[Experiment in Terra]]," this is done to Apollo's ship as they move him well ahead of a patrol from ''{{TOS|Galactica}}''. Blackouts and memory loss (such as those apparently exhibited by Thrace) were also demonstrated in the abduction and subsequent encounters with the Beings of Light.
* A potential abduction of Starbuck could relate to the Ship of Lights from the original series. Their advanced human occupants had evolved to a state where they appeared to be gods to the Colonials. Likewise, Count Iblis was their satanic counterpart who tries to seduce the Colonial fleet into submission; however, he couldn't triumph over the benevolent beings of "light," in much the same way as Lucifer cannot triumph over God in Christian traditions. To extrapolate the analogy further, the Final Five may be members of a benevolent, evolved line of humans who are watching over the fleet, whereas the Significant Seven represent Count Iblis and the Devil.

== Questions ==

=== Unanswered Questions ===

* Did [[Samuel Anders]] make a "dumb [[nugget]] mistake" as [[Margaret Edmondson]] and Saul Tigh contend, or was it some form of programing that asserted itself?
* Where did Thrace get her pristine Viper?
* Why is the Viper's camera footage viable, yet nothing is found in the navigational records?
* Was Tigh or Tyrol ever tested by Baltar's Cylon detector before the apparent failure of Boomer's test made the Colonials decide it was useless?
* Would the test identify a Final Five Cylon? Would there be a difference before and after "activation"?
* How did the Cylon fleet locate the Colonial fleet in the Ionian Nebula?
* If Anders was supposedly born on Picon, why was he playing for the Caprica Buccaneers instead of the Picon Panthers?
* Were any other ships in the fleet destroyed or damaged in battle?
* Could the gun camera footage from Anders's Viper be used to expose him?

=== Answered Questions ===

* Does [[Charlie Connor]] survive the massive beating he experiences at the hands of [[Paulla Schaffer]]? ([[The Oath|Answer]])
* Is Kara Thrace the final Cylon? ([[Sometimes a Great Notion|Answer]])
* Are Thrace's claims about being to Earth true? ([[Revelations|Answer #1]], [[Sometimes a Great Notion|#2]])
* Why have the Significant Seven Cylons been programmed not to think of the Final Five? ([[No Exit|Answer]])
* Can the Significant Seven identify the Final Five once they are able to bypass this imperative? ([[Revelations|Possible answer]])

== Official Statements ==

* ''Information from [[Ron Moore]]'s [[Podcast:He That Believeth In Me|podcast]]:''
** A scene was cut where either Anders himself or another crew member cuts the cast off his leg, thus partially explaining the absence of the leg injury he sustained at the end of Season 3.
** Moore insisted that the ''[[Zephyr]]'' (which he just calls "the ring ship") not be destroyed, but only damaged, because he likes it very much.
** The rooms used by Baltar's cult are referred to as "Baltar's lair" by the writers.
** Moore says that Thrace's pristine Viper will play an important role later in the season.
** The writers are aware of Baltar's visual similarity to Jesus. While Moore admits that it helps to drive some things home, he points out that Baltar is not Jesus.

* ''[[Aaron Douglas]] (via [[w:Anthrax|Anthrax]]'s [[w:Scott Ian|Scott Ian]]) explains an ad-lib that was dropped from one of Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s scenes:''
:"I had the best adlib ever in the scene where Chief walks onto the hangar deck yelling for the [[nugget]]s. It didn't make it into the show. What did make it was something like 'lets go nuggets! your momma's aren't going to save ya today' it is all adlib'd but one take I said, & this is pure gold, 'drop your dicks and grab your sticks!' 5 seconds later [[Harvey Frand|Harvey [Frand]]] (producer) says from video village, 'you can't say dicks on TV'. We had to do it again. Ha."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://blogs.scifi.com/battlestar/scottian/2008/04/drop-your-dicks-and-grab-your.html|title=SCIFI.com - Scott Ian's Blog: Drop your dicks and grab your sticks!!|date=7 April 2008|accessdate=7 April 2008|last=Ian|first=Scott|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Saul Tigh]] experiences a disturbing daydream:''
: '''[[William Adama]]:''' Saul. Saul! What the hell is wrong with you?
: '''Saul Tigh:''' Nothing, Bill. (Tigh pulls out a gun and aims it at Adama.) I've never felt better in my entire life. (Tigh shoots Adama through his right eye.)

* ''[[Galen Tyrol]] barks out orders:''
: '''Galen Tyrol:''' Get that [[Showboat]] bird in the tube. Where the [[frak]] are these [[nugget]]s? '''C'mon! Momma's not gonna save ya today! Let's go!''' You want to fly or not?

* ''[[Virtual Six]] talks to [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]:''
: '''Virtual Six:''' Yesterday you were facing execution. Today, you're free. Why the long face?
: '''Baltar:''' Oh, gee, I don't know. From President of the Colonies to this . . . king of fools. Probably best to be hated by everyone than loved by this lot, doomed to live out the rest of my life in this looney bin. I don't know, that might have something to do with my rather savage mood swings.
: '''Virtual Six:''' Relax Gaius. Do you think I've brought you this far to let it end here?
: '''Baltar:''' I need encouragement. A ray of hope about the future. An inkling.
: '''Virtual Six:''' You've got me. I'm here for you.

* ''Lee Adama asks his father an uncomfortable set of questions:''
: '''Lee Adama:''' Dad, what if [[Zak Adama|Zak]] had come back to us in that Viper? If my brother had climbed out of that cockpit, would it matter if he were a Cylon? If he always had been? When all's said and done, would that really change how we feel about him?

* ''Baltar's prayer for [[Derrick]]:''
: '''Gaius Baltar:''' Please God, I'm asking you this one last time, don't let this child die. Has he sinned against you? He can't have sinned against you. He's not even had a life yet. How can you take him and let me live . . . after all I've done? Really, if you want someone to suffer, take me. We both know I deserve it. I'm selfish and weak. I have failed so many people. I have killed. I'm not asking for your forgiveness, I'm just asking that you spare the life of this innocent child. Don't take him. Take me. Take me, take me, please.

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as [[Allan Nowart]]
* [[Lukas Pummell]] as [[Derrick]]
* [[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Charlie Connor]]
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edomondson]]
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]
* [[Shaun Omaid]] as [[Shaunt]]
* [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]
* [[Heather Doerksen]] as Sergeant [[Brandy Harder]] (credited as "Marine #2")

== External Link ==

*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] discusses the episode's score: http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=241#more-241

== References ==
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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

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Collaborators

2021-03-20T11:27:21Z

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:''[[The Circle]], a secret tribunal on ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', decides the fate of [[James Lyman]] and [[Felix Gaeta|other Colonials]] who aided the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] during [[Cylon Occupation Authority|the occupation]] of [[New Caprica]].''

== Summary ==
=== On ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' ===
* [[James Lyman]] (Jammer) is brought before the [[Circle]]. He is found guilty of treason for his work with the [[New Caprica Police]], the punishment for which is death.
* Despite his pleas and an attempt to convince [[Galen Tyrol]] to spare him (as Lyman tells Chief Tyrol that he freed [[Cally Tyrol]] from the Cylon death squad {{TRS|Precipice}}), the Circle carries out Lyman's punishment and ejects him from ''Galactica'' by depressurizing the [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tube]] where he is held.
* After Lyman's execution, Tyrol talks to his wife about how she escaped. While she claims to not have thought about the incident since, Cally tells him that she thinks one of "[[New Caprica Police|those goons]]" set her free.
* On ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Laura Roslin]] asks [[Tom Zarek]] of his plans as the new president. Under some pressure from Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]], Zarek plans to reconvene the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], put Roslin's name in for nomination to vice president and then step down, ceding the presidency to her.
* Roslin assumes that this act requires something in return for Zarek, who asks not to be left on the outside of government affairs. For his actions in standing up to [[Gaius Baltar]] on [[New Caprica]], she promises him the Vice Presidency.
* [[Felix Gaeta]] enters the still-damaged [[CIC]] to help with repairs to communication. [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] yells for him to leave, accusing him of being a collaborator.
* [[Helo]] tells Tigh that Gaeta is there on the Admiral's orders, but Tigh continues to protest loudly until Admiral Adama appears. The admiral takes him out of the room to talk to him about resting so he will be ready, something that Tigh thinks he doesn't need.
* The Circle reconvenes, now under a three-day time limit to dole out justice. As they run through the cases, they eventually come to a file on Gaeta, with four of the members voting guilty.
* [[Samuel Anders]] refuses to vote and leaves the Circle, wishing to be done with killing now that he has escaped the occupation. Chief Tyrol refuses to vote if they do not have a sixth member as required for the Circle.
* Major [[Lee Adama]] speaks with his father about [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet's]] status. Major Adama notes several personnel disappearances over the past 13 days.
* As he leaves Major Adama reveals that he has lost "[[Wikipedia:Stone (weight)|half a stone]]" in weight. Admiral Adama is not impressed.
* In the mess hall, Gaeta is treated as ''[[w:Persona non grata|persona non grata]]'', eating alone until [[Kara Thrace]] sits at his table. She talks, kindly at first, then insults him for his supposed cowardice. Gaeta counters by bringing up his status as the informant, mentioning the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog dish]] being flipped over as his signal to the resistance.
* The Circle brings in Kara Thrace as the replacement vote of the jury. All vote guilty on Gaeta, except for Tyrol once more.
* When Thrace questions the legality of the Circle, they show her a presidential executive order. Anders enters and requests a moment with his wife.
* The scene splits, with the other members of the Circle trying to convince Tyrol of Gaeta's guilt, and Anders trying to explain that what the Circle does isn't justice. Thrace rebuffs him, her pain from [[Occupation|incarceration]] causing her to lash out at anyone, even her husband.
* Thrace tells Anders that they must separate. The Chief eventually folds and votes Gaeta guilty.
* Gaeta is captured and brought to a launch tube, told that this is an official trial under authority from the President of the Twelve Colonies, and that if he has anything to say to explain himself he should say it now.
* Gaeta replies that he has already told his story and refuses to beg.
* Kara Thrace's anger causes her to lash out at Gaeta, telling him to beg, while taunting him with the idea that he was an informant for the insurgency, and mentioning the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog bowl]].
* When the Chief hears this, he reveals that Gaeta could not have known about the signal unless he was the actual informant.
* Tyrol releases Gaeta from his bonds. The other members of the Circle realize Gaeta's innocence, that he was in fact the secret source inside the Baltar Adminstration.
* Colonel Tigh stands speechless at the revelation, confused between his own certainty and the facts before him.
* Zarek reveals privately to Roslin, Admiral Adama and [[Tory Foster]] that he authorized the trials and sentences of alleged collaborators by the Circle. He claims it was an attempt to protect Roslin from having to deal with months of public trials which could destroy the unity of the Fleet through highly publicized "witch hunts".
* Laura Roslin is re-inaugurated as the President of the Twelve Colonies, and in place of her proposed public trials, issues a [[Law_of_the_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)#Amnesty.2C_Pardons_and_Commutations|"general pardon"]] for "every human being in this Fleet". She also announces a commission on [[Wikipedia:Truth and Reconciliation Commission |"truth and reconciliation"]] to record the history of the occupation for posterity.
* Still an outcast, Gaeta is reinstated in the Colonial Fleet as an officer. In the mess hall, Chief Tyrol sits with Gaeta. Both eat in silence as the other crew members are taken aback by the act.

===On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]===
* [[Gaius Baltar]] seems to be on ''Colonial One'', sitting in a chair in front of Tigh, Roslin, and Admiral Adama as they talk about how there was little he could do with the situation he had on New Caprica.
* As the group forgives him, the [[Cylon-Related Hallucinations|virtual Six]] appears and claims the group is too lenient. Admiral Adama actually seems to hear her. Laura Roslin begins to tell Baltar how much she wants him in a provocative manner when Baltar realizes he is dreaming, waking up as Roslin kisses him.
*Baltar finds himself naked on a red [[Wikipedia:Chaise lounge|chaise lounge]] inside an unrecognizable room. When a [[Cylon Centurion]] guard appears at the doorway, Baltar realizes that he is imprisoned in the room with only a robe to wear. The scene turns to outer space where we see several Cylon basestars surrounding a [[Resurrection Ship]].
* A [[Number Three]] visits Baltar. She tells him that 3 days have elapsed since his arrival, and offers him a bottle of pills. She tells him that his presence on the basestar has caused a conflict between seven of the models. With three voting for him to be allowed to remain, while three vote for him to be removed. The only model that hasn't come to a consensus are the Sixes.
* [[Caprica Six]] visits Baltar and explains how wrong she was to let her feelings get in the way of her duties as a Cylon. Baltar tries to convince Six that she is more than just a Cylon and that she loves him. As she walks out he belatedly tells her that he needs her as well.
*Later, Baltar awakens to find Caprica-Six setting his clothes in his room.

== Notes ==
* This episode marks the resumption of the [[survivor count]] which is given as 41,435, meaning that there has been a net loss of 8,115 people since the beginning of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". Presumably this takes into account lives lost from the nuclear explosion aboard ''[[Cloud Nine]]'', as well as losses suffered during the occupation of [[New Caprica]] and the subsequent evacuation.
* Laura Roslin resumes the Presidency in this episode.
* Kara Thrace (along with Anastasia Dualla) has kept her surname, unlike most other married women shown or referenced thus far (including [[Carolanne Adama]], Ellen Tigh, [[Sesha Abinell]], Cally Tyrol and Sharon Agathon).
* The Circle is the name used by the Bajoran [[MemoryAlpha:Alliance for Global Unity|Alliance for Global Unity]] in ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' ("[[MemoryAlpha:The Homecoming|The Homecoming]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Circle|The Circle]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:Siege|The Siege]]").
*This is the second time the "Don't make me angry, Gaius. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry" threat against Baltar is used (the first time by Six, the second by Head Six and Admiral Adama).
* Chadwick, the woman convicted in between Jammer's execution and Gaeta's aborted sentencing, was executed - a scene discussing her death was filmed, but later cut. <ref name="podcast">{{cite rdm podcast| episode = Collaborators | act = 4 | id =chadwick| timestamp = 00:38:28 | totalrunning = 00:45:18 }}.</ref> Chadwick's name is spoken by Barolay. She says Chadwick is aboard the ''[[Monarch]]'' and that they have people on that ship who can take care of Chadwick.
* The Truth and Reconciliation Commission that Laura Roslin announces at the end of the episode has a number of [[Wikipedia:Truth commission|real historical precursors]], formed to bring past wrongdoing by past governments to light and thereby resolve conflicts. Those in [[Wikipedia:Truth and Reconciliation Commission|South Africa]], Peru, Chile, and Sierra Leone are actually named "truth and reconciliation commissions." Historically, such organizations tend to emerge from civil war, dictatorships, or other internal strife. In the case of this episode, the purpose of the commission is evidently to mediate grievances against Colonial collaborators during the [[New Caprica#Cylon Occupation|Cylon occupation]] of New Caprica, while preventing more incidents of vigilante justice.
* In an original draft of the script, Gaeta was supposed to die, but writer [[Mark Verheiden]] felt that this twist would not have been believable <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/808/808546p1.html|title=SDCC 07: Galactica -- What if Gaeta Had Died?|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.
* One of the names on the death list is "Justin Singh." "Singh" is a name borne by all baptised [[w:Sikhism|Sikh]] men, and is a curious addition to the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|spiritual parallels]] of the Colonies to the real-world Earth.
*A scripted and shot, but ultimately deleted, subplot of the episode featured [[Tory Foster]] secretly supplying information to the Circle ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three]]).
*As scripted, Gaeta begs for his life when he is about to be executed. Actor [[Alessandro Juliani]] instead felt that his character should accept the situation (Season 3 Companion).
*Tom Zarek's claim that his secretive and murderous policies are legal echoes US President Richard Nixon's claim that "if the President does it, it's not illegal."
*It is noted starting from this episode onwards, ''Galactica'' features considerable hull damage from the multiple missile strikes taken during the Battle of New Caprica. Most notably, one of the upper cannons has been destroyed as a hole is located where it used to be.

== Analysis ==
*The flight from New Caprica is referred to as "The Second Exodus", implying that the "First Exodus" was [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|from the Colonies]] to New Caprica.
* This is the first time viewers see the interior of a Cylon basestar. In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" only a hangar is seen when [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] encounters her [[Number Eight|sisters]].
* Lee Adama mentions that he lost "half a stone" referring to his weight. A stone is a unit of weight used mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland that is equivalent to 14 pounds or 6.34 kg. [[Jamie Bamber]], the actor who portrays Lee, is British.
* ''Galactica's'' living spaces and hallways appear much more crowded than in the first two seasons, reflecting the expanded size of her crew. There also appear to be civilians mixed in with ''Galactica'''s crew complement, which is likely the result of overcrowding and the loss of some of the ships during the colonization and occupation of New Caprica.
* The armor plating of ''Galactica'' is visibly damaged from the [[Battle of New Caprica]].
* The only two [[humanoid Cylon]]s to appear are Number Three and Number Six.
*On the disposition of the ''Pegasus'' crew and separated military personnel:
**Saul Tigh has resumed service as ''Galactica's'' XO. However, his experiences on New Caprica are hindering his ability to perform his duties.
**Lee Adama is performing bookkeeping work. He still wears his ''Pegasus'' uniform and commander insignia, but his position on ''Galactica'' is unclear.
**[[Louanne Katraine]] is not seen.
**Karl Agathon is working in ''Galactica's'' CIC, likely managing duties as tactical/watch officer in Gaeta's absence.
**Anastasia Dualla is not seen.
**Felix Gaeta is asked to help repair communication systems damaged during ''Galactica's'' atmospheric insertion in "[[Exodus, Part II]]". He is later seen in uniform in the mess hall.
**Galen Tyrol is back in uniform and has re-enlisted.
**Cally Tyrol is briefly seen caring for her son and asks if it is her turn "to stand watch". (Her reenlistment is confirmed in a later episode, "[[A Day in the Life]]".)
**[[Seelix]] is on ''Galactica'' as a member of the Circle, but is not seen in uniform. (Ron D. Moore indicates in his [[podcast]] for this episode that Seelix has returned as a member of ''Galactica'''s crew.)
*The glowing red strip on the wall in Baltar's room resembles the eye of a [[Cylon Centurion]] or [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]].

== Questions ==

=== Answered Questions ===

* Since Tigh has been reinstated into the Colonial Fleet, where does this leave ''Galactica's'' chain of command? Specifically, what are the roles of Tigh, Helo, and [[Aaron Kelly|Kelly]] now? ([[Torn|Answer 1]] and [[The Passage|Answer 2]])
* What of [[Lee Adama]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] and other officers of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''? How will these redundancies be dealt with? ([[Torn|Answer]])
* Given that there are civilians aboard ''Galactica'' from the Second Exodus, and previous sabotage events that plagued ''Galactica'' prior to colonization of New Caprica, are they restricted to certain areas? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])
* Has [[Samuel Anders]] become a member of ''Galactica's'' crew, or is he only allowed on board because of his relationship with Thrace? (Partial [[The Eye of Jupiter|answer]])
* Will any of the Circle's members or Zarek face charges, or will they be pardoned by Roslin's government for what they had done? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])
* Now that the Cylons seem to have accepted Gaius Baltar, at least begrudgingly, what will happen to him? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])
* Does Caprica-Six setting Baltar's clothes on his bed indicate that the Cylons have chosen to allow him to remain? ([[Torn|Answer 1]] and [[A Measure of Salvation|Answer 2]])
* What became of Zarek's deal with Roslin to become vice president after his order authorizing the Circle came to light? Did he become vice president, or is he back on the outside? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])
* Does the general amnesty apply to Baltar? ([[Taking a Break From All Your Worries|Answer]])

=== Unanswered Questions ===

* Will there be an illegal organization in the Fleet that will continue where the [[The Circle|Circle]] left off?
* What happened to those who were left behind on [[New Caprica]]?
* Which Cylon models are in favor of allowing Baltar to stay with them (besides Three, who proposed it in the first place) and which are not in favor?
* How could the [[The Circle|Circle]] operate in ''Galactica's'' launch tubes without William Adama's notice or, for that matter, the notice of anyone on the usually-busy hangar decks?
* Are there going to be new laws outlining rules of contact with the enemy for the future?
* Isn't it becoming obvious that the survivors now need a new constitution since the current system doesn't seem to work in the environment it is in?
* With the revelation that Gaeta was the inside source, why hasn't he been recognized and welcomed as a hero of the resistance?

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Lucy Lawless]] discusses a humorous incident during [[James Callis]]' nude scene:''
*: '''iF:''' "I interviewed James Callis awhile back and he said you had an interesting reaction to his public nudity?"
*: '''Lucy Lawless:''' "He was standing there, and I walked in. He was standing there holding his genitalia and the camera was on us, so it might’ve been on his back, I don’t recall. It was over the shoulder on us, and at some point he took his hand away and fluttered his hands in the air. I just about had a heart attack! [Laughs] I’ve never seen a naked man on a set ever, or a woman for that matter. It didn’t used to happen in syndication. I do have to say, “well done there, man! Congratulations! Masel Tov James!” [Laughs] For somebody who considers themselves pretty fast on their feet generally I was gobsmacked, I couldn’t continue the scene. I think it was the only time ever that I have had to walk away from a scene because I was just flummoxed."
*: '''iF:''' "Well it didn’t sound like you were alone, he said one of the techies walked into a wall?"
*: '''Lawless:''' "It was envy. [Laughs] It was complete envy."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1773|title= iF MAGAZINE Gets Probed by Friendly Cylon & Former Warrior Princess - Part 1|date=28 November 2006|accessdate=28 November 2006|last=Elliot|first=Sean|format=html|language=English}}</ref>

* ''[[Ryan Robbins]] discusses throwing [[James Lyman|Jammer]] out an airlock:''
*: '''Robbins:''' Well, (lots of laughter) we were in the control room, we were in the launch bay and I actually pushed the launch button to open the hatch. You would think that maybe somebody in the [[CIC]] [noticed] that a hatch had been opened, boy oh boy, that’s a [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]], [[David Eick]] question (lots of laughter) I’m going to defer to those guys along with [[Michael Rymer]]. There was so much discussion about what it would actually look like when someone goes out an airlock. These guys, “Battlestar Galactica” really try super hard to pay attention to details. We have people, you know from NASA, that you know, technical people that get phone calls from time to time saying what would actually happen. There’s a fine line between scientific fact and truth and dramatic effects for television so sometimes I think lines get a little bit fuzzy. But I’ll bet somebody out there has a great excuse has a great reason why nobody notices that airlock being opened. (laughter) but it ain’t me. I just push the button and pushed poor “Jammer” out that thing, poor guy.<ref name="TSW">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thescifiworld.net/interviews/ryan_robbins_01.htm|title=The Sci-Fi World: Ryan Robbins interview|date=20 December 2006|accessdate=16 February 2007|last=Craddock|first=Linda|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''After discussing the thirteen missing persons:''
:'''Commander Lee Adama''': I've got a date with a jump rope. Hey, I've lost half a stone.
:'''Admiral William Adama''': Keep jumpin'.

*''In Gaius Baltar's dream:''
:'''Number Six''': Don't make me angry, Gaius.
:'''Admiral William Adama''': You wouldn't like her when she's angry.

*''Tigh confronts Gaeta about his suspected collaboration:''
:'''Tigh''': Hey! Long as you're here, maybe you can help me out. I'm missing something. I lost it in detention. Since you're so buddy-buddy with the Cylons, maybe you know where it is. How about it? Do you know where my eye is?

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Henderson Tyrol|Cally Tyrol]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
*[[Dominic Zamprogna]] as [[James Lyman|James "Jammer" Lyman]]
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]]
*[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Charlie Connor]]
*[[Alisen Down]] as [[Jean Barolay]]
*[[Winston Rekert]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Priest|Priest]]

== References ==
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Xeno Fenner

2021-03-14T11:28:21Z

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'''Xeno Fenner''' is a foreman aboard the ''[[Hitei Kan]]''.

When his complaints about bad working conditions for the ''Hitei Kan'''s crew keep being ignored, Fenner calls for a work stoppage, stopping short of calling a strike.

To discuss a problem with fuel processing that is gravely hampering travel, Fenner is asked to a meeting with President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]. Fenner becomes frustrated that his prior meeting requests and pleas for worker needs and benefits are ignored while the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s leadership will only summon him when fuel supplies are threatened. After quoting a passage from [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[My Triumphs, My Mistakes|underground book]], which infuriates Roslin, Fenner is thrown in the [[brig]].

Expecting this, Fenner had ordered his crew to sabotage the refinery machines by removing the pressure seals, should he not return.

After some heated persuasion by Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], who visits him in the brig, Fenner gives out the location of the pressure seals, allowing production to resume. Fenner is then released from his cell and returns to his foreman duties. Fenner's experience with a balky conveyor comes in handy later on, but a [[Danny Noon|new worker]] is injured in the repair, prompting Tyrol to re-assume his role as a union leader and stop refinery work with less subtlety than Fenner {{TRS|Dirty Hands}}.

After the discovery of [[Earth]] and the assassination of the [[Quorum of Twelve]], Fenner is appointed as ''[[Hitei Kan]]'''s representative to the new Quorum and begins the motion to strip ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' of her parts and disperse them among the [[fleet]] ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]).

==== Behind the Scenes ====
*In the credits of "Islanded in a Stream of Stars", Fenner is listed as a captain. This may indicate that he became captain after the events of "{{TRS|A Disquiet Follows My Soul}}" when the crew of the ''Hitei Kan'' mutinied over the installment of Cylon FTL drives on their ship, with either the original captain being the leader of the mutiny or had been injured and/or killed by others, thus necessitating Fenner's promotion.

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Sacrifice

2021-02-21T08:06:35Z

CoreyDanian: /* Analysis */ The only unaccounted one is Scattered's drop by 12 from KLG, P2.

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: ''The'' [[Cloud 9]]'s ''lounge is under attack by terrorists who are convinced that [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] is playing the military. The leader of this quartet, [[Sesha Abinell]], demands that the invaluable Valerii be brought to her -- otherwise [[Ellen Tigh]], [[Anastasia Dualla]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Billy Keikeya]] and others will be executed.''

== Summary ==

*[[Billy Keikeya]] proposes to [[Anastasia Dualla]], who flatly refuses. Later on, Dualla and [[Lee Adama]] discuss the incident while on leave aboard ''[[Cloud 9]]'', at one of the ship's drinking and dining establishments.

*Keikeya, also aboard ''Cloud 9'', finds Dualla there. An awkward moment arises when he discovers that she is with Lee Adama. Adama leaves the two to talk, going to sit at the bar, where he encounters [[Ellen Tigh]], who begins to flirt with him.

*Three men and a woman named [[Sesha Abinell]] lay siege to the establishment, taking the guests hostage, and sealing the area off from the rest of the ship. Abinell's husband was killed aboard the ''[[Greenleaf]]'' when the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] attacked it ten weeks ago, and she decides to exact vengeance.

*Before the terrorists lay siege, Lee Adama asks Ellen Tigh to come with him into the restroom. Tigh follows, thinking that Adama has invited her for a sexual tryst. But Lee Adama had predicted the situation. As a gambit to confuse the terrorists, Adama takes the dry ice from Tigh's drink and uses it to sabotage one of the oxygen sensors. In the meantime, Tigh leaves the restroom and loudly announces herself to the terrorists.
[[Image:Sesha.jpg|thumb|Sesha Abinell.]]
*Abinell demands that Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] turn over Cylon [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] to her, seeking Valerii's life in compensation for her husband's. She is infuriated that Admiral Adama and Roslin continue to allow one of their greatest enemies to live in their midst, even caged. She believes that Valerii is compromising the security of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], and that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon holocaust]] was due to similar Cylon infiltration of the military.

*Abinell sends one of her men into the restroom to find anyone else they haven't rounded up. Captain Adama gets the drop on him and takes his gun, taking him out, threatening to kill him if the hostages are not released. Abinell threatens to kill Dualla if Adama refuses to surrender. Adama drops the empty threat and surrenders.

*Captain Adama's small-scale sabotage works, and the terrorists demand repairs to be made to the ship's oxygen systems.

*[[Kara Thrace]], along with a detachment of [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]], are also on leave aboard ''Cloud 9''. They quickly plan a recon mission — Thrace disguises herself as the technician sent to repair the air system. Her job is to reconnoiter the situation and return with details.

*Ellen Tigh's face may reveal a hint that she recognizes Thrace, which makes one of the terrorists suspicious. When he challenges Thrace, she draws two concealed pistols and begins shooting at the terrorists, soon aided by the Marines. Two Marines are killed, along with one of the hostage-takers. In addition, Thrace accidentally shoots Lee Adama. Thrace and the surviving Marines retreat, and the situation is only exacerbated.

*The situation prompts Admiral Adama to once again consider the value of Sharon Valerii to him. Speaking with Valerii, she reminds the admiral that she saved the Fleet five or six times. Adama asks if she would reveal the identities of other Humanoid Cylons in the Fleet. She refuses. Oddly enough, this seems to reaffirm her value to him.

*Admiral Adama agrees to give the terrorists the dead body of Sharon Valerii in return for the hostages. However, he secretly delivers the dead copy of Valerii known as [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]]. When the terrorists realize the ploy, Sesha orders the terrorist [[Kern Vinson]] to kill [[Anastasia Dualla]]. [[Billy Keikeya]] seizes one of the terrorists' guns and kills Vinson, but is killed by Vinson's return fire as Marines storm the lounge. Abinell is killed by Marines, her body falling atop Boomer's body. The other terrorist is also killed by the marines.

*In the aftermath, Dualla stays with Lee Adama in the infirmary, promising to stay with him until he recovers. Neither notice Starbuck quietly leaving sickbay as she says this. Laura Roslin grieves the death of Keikeya, who had become "the closest thing that [she had] to family."

== Notes ==
*Continuing from "[[Scar]]", this is the second episode in a row that Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Number Six]] do not appear in.

== Analysis ==
* Why doesn't [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]] want to tell Adama who the other Cylons in the Fleet are, if she's been trying to show that she's helping the humans and not the Cylons?
**Possibly Sharon just doesn't want anyone to have to die, human or Cylon, and thinks that the Colonials will kill the Cylons hiding in the Fleet if she outs them. However, the Cylons hiding in the Fleet are striving to bring about the deaths of all surviving humans, so this leaves the question of why Sharon doesn't believe that capturing or killing them would prevent the deaths of an even larger number of people, perhaps the entire Fleet. She might just be unrealistically optimistic about the entire situation.
** In light of the rape in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and Fisk's death in "[[Black Market]]", it has been repeatedly proven that Adama doesn't have total control of the Colonial forces under his command, despite the support of the government.
** Sharon later reveals part of her motivation (in "[[Precipice]]") as being angry with herself for betraying the Cylons for [[Helo]] and her unborn child.
*[[Sesha Abinell]]'s husband [[Ray Abinell|Ray]] was killed during a Cylon attack ten weeks prior to this episode. His death could be offset by a birth in before this episode.
**One of [[David Eick]]'s Video Blogs is devoted to discussing the scene where Ray Abinell dies. Although the final version is a dialog-less flashback, the flashback was scripted and shot with Ray talking on the phone to Sesha, then seeing the Raider coming. He then says goodbye, hangs up, and runs down the hallway. This alternate flashback sequence [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Sacrifice|is a deleted scene]] featured on the DVDs.
* Dualla seems to recover rather quickly from Billy's death. In fact, during much of the episode, her attention is focused on Lee Adama.
* The final scene recalls that of "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", except that Thrace's and Dualla's roles are reversed.
*On Sesha's laptop, there is a list of the "[[:Image:Seshalaptop2 216 1080i.jpg|Cylon modus operandi]]", which includes a fact that should not be known to the civilian fleet: the fact that the Cylons are attempting to breed with humans and reproduce hybrid offspring.
** Many crew members know about Helo and Valerii`s relationship, so it follows that they may also know that Valerii is carrying Helo`s child, ergo hybrid offspring.
** Another possibility is that since people have seen Valerii interacting with Adama and other members of the crew, it can be assumed that they have also noticed her pregnancy. Considering how much of the 'modus operandi' is speculation and rumor it is probable that they simply assume that the pregnancy is a hybrid.
** Among the papers in Abinell's quarters is one entitled "Can Cylons reproduce?", which was probably distributed by the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. From this it follows that speculation about the Cylons is rampant among the civilian population and that they might even have circumstantial evidence for their suppositions.
**We know it to be accurate, but for Abinell it may have been unproven speculation that just happened to be true. For example, Baltar implicated Doral as a Cylon in the [[Miniseries]], but he had no proof at the time. We only learned later that he happened to guess correctly.
*There is a continuity error introduced when Admiral Adama and Roslin discuss the question of who might have leaked the presence of Caprica-Sharon to the Fleet. Adama fails to mention the possibility of [[Number Three (Fleet copy)|D'Anna Biers]] being the source of the leak, despite his being aware of her having seen Sharon in sickbay. {{TRS|Final Cut}}
* Admiral Adama starts to refer to Caprica-Sharon by the name Sharon, a fact not lost on Tigh, who calls him up on it. This is a far cry from earlier episodes in which Adama referred to the Cylon as "it" and a thing.

== Questions ==
* Who leaked out the information that Valerii is on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''? Was it one of ''Galactica'''s crewmen?
** Now that this information has been confirmed, thanks to the actions of Abinell and her conspirators, what kind of backlash should Roslin and Adama expect to face?
* Who will become Roslin's new assistant? ([[Tory Foster|Answer]]) Was there a replacement groomed for the position at all previous to the events in this episode?
* Where did Abinell and her people get the weapons? Were they purchased from the [[Black market (organization)|Black Market]]?
* What were Ellen Tigh's intentions? Did Tigh purposely blow Thrace's cover, or was this accidental?
* Is the relationship between Apollo and Dee against military protocol in the same way that Tyrol and Valerii's relationship was, or have the rules on Colonial officers and NCO fraternization been relaxed? ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Answer]])
**Just how far does the non-association protocol even extend anymore? What is the exact nature of the non-association protocol? Is it against officers having relationships with enlisted crewmen, or even enlisted crewmen having relationships with other enlisted crewmen (i.e. preventing Tyrol and Cally from having a relationship)?
* [[Saul Tigh]]'s prejudices are fully and repeatedly exposed in relation to [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] (e.g. describing her as a thing, objecting to [[William Adama]]'s reflexively referring to the prisoner by her assumed name). Will this begin to affect the close relationship between these two in future episodes? Will it deteriorate to a point where the XO will be relieved again in relation to a decision made by Adama as he is in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]"? ([[Torn|Answer]])
* Why are Lee Adama and Kara Thrace on leave at the same time? Who is acting as ''Galactica'''s [[CAG]] during this episode?
*Abinell and Vinson are standing near Boomer's body when Abinell shoots it. If the Marines outside could see that she was shooting a dead body, why couldn't they shoot Abinell and Vinson when they attempted to execute hostages? If they couldn't see her, why didn't they respond to the sound of Abinell 's gunshots?

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Paul Campbell]] discusses the decision surrounding [[Billy Keikeya]]'s death:''

: It was kind of my choice in a way. I was kind of given an ultimatum eventually because in between the end of [[Season 1 (2004-05)|season one]] and the beginning of [[Season 2 (2005-06)|season two]] I had actually gone to LA and booked a pilot. Because ''Battlestar'' production didn’t have me under contract, I was free to go and do that. And it was their loss if the show got picked up and I wasn’t able to come back for season two. I think that was a problem they had with a few of the cast members, that everyone was a free agent after season 1, and I think that scared them a little bit. They could have potentially lost half their cast after season 1, and I think after that, they pretty much ended up signing everyone to a contract. But I’d already been cast in another show and decided to go off on my own and see if it worked. As it turned out it didn’t work, and I ended up having a two episode hiatus after [[Resistance (episode)|episode 4]]. I was gone for 5 and 6, then came back for [[Home, Part I|Home Pt. 1]], I think it was. Or [[Home, Part II|Home Pt 2]], I came back for. So after that kind of gave me the ultimatum and said sign a contract for 5 years, or we kind of need to go our separate ways. And I kind of put it off and put it off, then eventually they just said “Look, we can tell you're not really committed to the show, and we can’t write story lines. So we’ve decided to kill the character." It wasn’t really a surprise, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen when it did. But I certainly wasn’t surprised that they had to do that. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://paul-campbell.net/news.php?view=news&newsid=11|title=Paul's Official Fan Website|date=2006-04-11|accessdate=2006-02-12|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

* ''[[Kandyse McClure]] discusses the feeling on the set regarding Keikeya's death:''

: I was really sad to see Paul go. He was one of the first members of the cast to be killed and I was definitely heart sore. We don’t find out too far in advance about upcoming scripts, but the feeling on set was definitely sad. You have to take these things as they come and always be able to let go. You never know what the writers have in store or what incredible plot twists are coming up.<ref name="bsgblog">{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/854094.html|title=battlestar_blog: The CIC's #1 Girl|date=27 February 2008|accessdate=27 February 2008|last=Gould|first=Grant|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*{{audio|Sacrifice - regarding Sharon.mp3|''Saul Tigh observing Sharon Valerii's exit from William Adama's office.''}}
:'''Saul Tigh:''' You know, if people knew how much you've relied on that thing's so-called intelligence, they'd be scared out of their wits.
:'''William Adama:''' What about you, Saul? Are you afraid of her?
:'''Saul Tigh:''' You know, the truth is I don't like the way it's gotten under your skin.

*{{audio|Sacrifice - it isn't Sharon, it's a machine.mp3|''After a bout of negotiations with Sesha Abinell, leader of the Cloud 9 terrorists, Adama briefly confers with Tigh.''}}
:'''William Adama:''' Saul, we can't give her Sharon. I hope you know that, right?
:'''Saul Tigh:''' I know that. Against our dealing with the terrorists... if we start now, it'll open the floodgates; and it will never stop. And by the way, it's not Sharon. It's a [[frak]]king Cylon.
:'''William Adama:''' You don't think I know that?
:'''Saul Tigh:''' I think there's part of you that looks into that thing's eyes and still sees that young girl that reported aboard two years ago as a [[rook]] pilot. Well, it's not. It never was. Bill, it's a ''machine''.

*{{audio|Sacrifice - what if the terrorists are right.mp3|''Crisis conference between the President, the Admiral and the XO regarding how the terrorists demands should ultimately be dealt with.''}}
:'''Saul Tigh:''' What if they're right? What if Sharon has been playing us all, plotting our destruction with every passing day? What if the terrorists are right?
:'''Laura Roslin:''' This isn't about Sharon. It's about something much bigger than that. It's about the long term survival of the Fleet. It's about the way we conduct ourselves in all of this.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Dana Delany]] as [[Sesha Abinell]]
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
*[[Mark Houghton]] as [[Kern Vinson]]
*[[Eric Breker]] as [[George Chu]]
*[[David Neale]] as [[Nelson Page]]
*[[Michael Ryan]] as [[Ray Abinell]]
*[[Adrien Hughes]] as Lt. [[Terry Burrell]]
*[[Erica Carroll]] as Civilian
*[[James Upton]] as Environmental Specialist
*[[Georgia Hacche]] as Petty Officer [[Sian]]

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{{disline|This article deals with the episode. For information on the ace Cylon Raider, see "[[Scar (Raider)]]"}}

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: ''An ace Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]], nicknamed "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]" by the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots, has been causing problems for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Louanne Katraine]] compete to hunt it down while Thrace pines for [[Samuel Anders|"a dead guy."]]''

== Summary ==

* Several [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots have been killed while guarding the ''[[Majahual]]'', an ore mining ship located on top of a metal ore-rich asteroid. The Fleet's goal is to gather sufficient ore there to create two new squadrons of Vipers.
* With the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed as well as most of the nearest Cylon fleet, the Cylons are far less brazen in attacks, sending only a few Raiders to harass the mining operation.
* ''Galactica'' stays behind to guard the mining operation with their [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], while ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' stays with the civilian fleet at a remote location.
* There is too much debris in the system to use [[DRADIS]] to quickly sight and kill the Raiders. [[Combat Air Patrol]]s are needed instead, using their [[Mark One Eyeball]] to find the Raiders.
* One particular Raider, known as "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]", is the cause of the pilot deaths.
* [[Kat]], now a seasoned and very talented pilot, challenges [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] over the "Top Gun" beer stein (currently held by Thrace) with the downing of Scar.
* Thrace's depression over the inability to convince Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] to return to Caprica to rescue [[Samuel Anders]] and his [[Caprica Resistance]] causes her to drink excessively and behave very rashly. To suppress her feelings on the inability to fulfill her promise, Thrace begins to tell herself that Anders is dead.
*Thrace turns to [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] for advice regarding Scar who explains that Raiders can reincarnate as well, and with the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed, Scar will do anything to survive.
*She also mentions that "he probably hates you (Thrace) as much as you hate him," as well as asking "how many of us" ''[sic]'' did Scar kill. In an unguarded moment, Sharon and Thrace reminisce over old times, but when Sharon reaches to touch Thrace in friendship, [[Marines]] on guard make it clear that it is not permitted. As a distraught Thrace leaves, Sharon tells her to be careful.
* When a rookie pilot from ''Pegasus'', [[Brent Baxton|BB]], is killed, Kat berates Starbuck for giving him "textbook" advice. Later, Kat berates a hungover Starbuck again for being late to lead her own pilot's briefing as well as assigning [[Snake]] in her place on CAP, which leads to [[Joseph Clark|Jo-Jo's]] death at the hands of Scar.
* Thrace and [[Lee Adama]] talk over drinks, when Thrace propositions Adama for a "quick lay." The two pilots attack each other, clothes flying, but Thrace is too aggressive, which turns Adama's desire almost completely off. She admits that her feelings for Samuel Anders are very confused. When Adama tells her that it's the "living guys" she can't deal with, Thrace is so confused that she slaps Adama, then kisses him for his thoughtfulness in reminding her that he is her friend before she leaves his quarters.
* Starbuck is on patrol with Kat as her wingman when they spot a Raider. Both chase the Raider, but Scar uses that second Raider as a decoy by trying to ambush the Vipers from behind.
* Starbuck's instincts tell her to check their "six" (rear), which successfully locates Scar but leaves her Viper with moderate damage when Scar scores hits on her Viper.
*Starbuck leads Scar into a canyon on an asteroid, flips, and flies at Scar on a collision course. Kat shouts at Starbuck to break off as Scar is a machine and won't break off. Starbuck realizes this; she is making a suicide run, as her mind begins to drift out of focus as she thinks of Anders.
* At the last moment, Starbuck breaks off her [[CBDR]] run, and Scar chases her. Starbuck lets Scar chase her, but leads him right to Kat, flying out of the way at the last moment and leaving Kat in perfect firing position. Kat blows off one of Scar's wings, sending it careening into an asteroid and killing it. While Kat cheers Scar's death and winning the challenge, Starbuck just stares at its remains as she flies past.
* Starbuck fills the "Top Gun" beer stein for Kat and congratulates her. Then, Starbuck praises the memory of the many pilots lost to Scar and past battles. Admiral Adama and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], both laudable Viper pilots themselves in the [[Cylon War]], attend the celebration. Admiral Adama ends the tribute with "[[So say we all]]."
*Kat places a picture of [[Reilly|Reilly's girlfriend]] in the [[memorial hallway]] in hopes that someone remembers her.
* Training with Helo in the gym, Starbuck says that she could have killed Scar, but she would have killed herself in the process. Helo tells her that backing off and letting her wingman get the kill was the right thing to do. Helo notes that Starbuck didn't make the suicide run, because she has something to live for now in Anders.

== Notes ==

=== Characters ===
*More of the friendship between [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Kara Thrace]] is shown in this episode.
*Kara Thrace, despite serving as a pilot on ''Galactica'' under Lee Adama, is still ''Pegasus'' CAG. She flies under Adama because the two battlestars have combined their resources for the mining operation's defense.
*[[Samuel Anders]] appears in flashbacks (re-used footage) in this episode.
*[[Gaius Baltar]], [[Number Six]] and [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] do not appear in this episode.
*Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] appears very briefly in this episode. Also, Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] appear in this episode, seen in [[CIC]], but Dualla only has brief speaking lines.
*Lee Adama doesn't fly in this episode, and is never seen in a [[flight suit]]. A lot of the day-to-day work of the CAG, such as assigning and briefing pilots, falls to Starbuck, with Adama giving more general orders and directions.

=== Story ===
*The survivor count is four less than displayed in "[[Black Market]]", accounting for the deaths of [[Jack Fisk]], [[Phelan]], and Fisk's killer. The survivor count, therefore, commences after "96 hours previously".
*As the episode begins, the mining ship ''[[Majahual]]'' has been conducting operations in a thick asteroid field for 29 days.
*In the podcast, it is revealed that a scene was cut of the pilots auctioning off [[Beano]]'s possessions, a tradition from the British Navy during the Napoleonic War Era. This auction, Ron Moore explains, was a tribute to the fallen, as well as serving the practical purpose of recycling resources. There would be a shot of Apollo holding up Beano's "skin" magazine and taking bids, etc. This "skin" magazine (which is named ''[[Nymph]]'') can be briefly seen when Starbuck is packing it into a box of [[Reilly]]'s personal effects. During the following scene when they are talking about Scar in the rec room ("88 hours ago"), [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] is reading it, having won the auction.
*A [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 3 (RDM)#Scar|deleted scene]] for this episode explains that Kat is giving a pilot briefing about Scar at one point (ending with "That's the motherfrakker I'm going to kill") because Starbuck is late for the meeting, so Kat assumes she isn't coming at all and starts without her. In the deleted scene, Starbuck comes into the room right after the original scene ends, argues with Kat for starting without her, and then moves right into the next scene where Starbuck is summarizing the tactical situation for the past month.
*New nuggets are still being trained and added to the Fleet's ranks. Kat's assertion that "no replacements are coming" in "[[Final Cut]]" is no longer relevant with the arrival of ''Pegasus'' and her resources. Also, in "[[Act of Contrition]]", it is mentioned that ''Galactica'' does not have any flight training simulators and thus prefers to train pilots having prior flight experience. With the arrival of ''Pegasus'', the Fleet now has Viper flight simulators and thus potential pilots can now be trained properly, even those with no prior experience.
*Nuggets enter the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] at the rank of ensign after completing flight training.
*Pilot training apparently takes place on ''Pegasus'', with recruits being assigned to ''Galactica'' afterward.

=== General ===
*The [[landram]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] makes a cameo appearance during the introduced to the ''[[Majahual]]''.
*The name "Kassie", which [[Louanne Katraine]] brings up when trying to remember [[Reilly]]'s girlfriend's name, is a nod to [[Cassiopeia]] from the Original Series. That character was often called "Cassie" by {{TOS|Starbuck}}.
*''Pegasus'' has Viper production facilities, one of her more modern capabilities that ''Galactica'' lacks. During the episode, the ''Pegasus'' production team finishes its first combat-ready Viper.
*Thrace and Katraine use the word [[frak|motherfrakker]] in this episode, which is the second use of this vulgarism since its introduction in "[[Valley of Darkness]]".
*The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually a U.S. Navy [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].
*This episode bears some similarities to the ''[[w:Space: Above and Beyond|Space: Above and Beyond]]'' episodes "[[w:Never No More|Never No More]]" and "[[w:The Angriest Angel|The Angriest Angel]]", both of which deal with the introduction of an "ace" alien fighter and its detrimental effect upon the Earth military's morale, and the ensuing efforts of a main character to hunt him down.
*The song that plays in the final scene of this episode is "[[w:Cavatina (song)|Cavatina]]" by [[w:Stanley Myers|Stanley Myers]], well known as the theme from the film ''[[w:The Deer Hunter|The Deer Hunter]]''.
*Thrace uses a bottle of [[Leonis Estates Sparkling Wine]] to pour Kat her first "Top Gun" mug and to toast the fallen pilots. This type of alcohol was previously used in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" to christen the [[Blackbird]].

== Analysis ==
*The title "Scar" refers to the "ace" Cylon Raider this episode centers around. While all Cylon Raiders appear visually identical, this particular unit has extensive hull damage, whether from asteroid impacts, scoring from near-misses or other debris, giving it a weathered, craggy look - essentially, "battle scars". It can also refer to the characters' emotional scars, particularly Starbuck's.
*Many of the pilots Starbuck toasts are minor and recurring characters who have died in previous episodes. In the order she lists them:
**[[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]] - killed in deck accident in "[[Act of Contrition]]", along with twelve others.
**[[Donald Perry|Chuckles]] - killed in action during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".
**[[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Dipper" Spencer]] - killed in action in the [[Miniseries]], along with nineteen others.
**[["Jolly" Anders|Jolly]] - killed in action in the [[Miniseries]], along with nineteen others.
**[[Crashdown]] - shot by Dr. Gaius Baltar in "[[Fragged]]".
**[[Flyboy]] - killed in action by a Cylon Centurion in "[[Valley of Darkness]]".
**[[Stepchild]] - killed in action during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid
**[[Fireball]] - killed in action during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid
*Among those not mentioned is [[Cohen Baker|Karma]], who was KIA in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". As noted in [[Podcast:Scar#Act 4|the podcast]], this is truthfully reflecting Starbuck's earlier comment that she can't remember the names of all of the pilots that have died.
*During the "[[Previously on Battlestar Galactica|previously on ''Battlestar Galactica'']]" intro, a clip of a scene which has never actually aired before in any episode was played. In the scene, Starbuck argues to Adama and Roslin that they must mount a rescue operation to save the Caprica Resistance, but Adama and Roslin are in agreement that it is impossible and tell her they can't. This is the opening of the [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended cut]] of "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" that was released later on DVD:
**'''Thrace: '''The Resistance base camp is here (''points at a map'') 300 klicks north of the only Cylon airbase in the area...
**'''Roslin: ''' I respect what you're trying to do here, however...
**'''Thrace: ''' We have a ''duty'' to the people we left behind.
**'''Adama: ''' We understand that.
**'''Thrace: ''' We ''have to'' find a way to Jump back to Caprica, and go get them--
**'''Adama: '''--Kara!
*During the "in this episode" sequence of the credits, there are two images not seen in the episode; one of Starbuck standing at a distance, and one of a gun being placed before the camera. These could have been cut from the training scene.
* This episode is the third of the most recent four episodes to begin ''[[Wikipedia:In medias res|in medias res]]'', after "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" and "[[Black Market]]". In terms of how the flashbacks are structured, going back and forth between past and current events, this episode most resembles "[[Act of Contrition]]". (However, the [[Podcast:Black Market|podcast]] for "[[Black Market]]" indicates that beginning that episode with Lee's confrontation with [[Phelan]] was not part of the original script and was done as an act of "desperation".)
*As discussed in [[Podcast:Scar|the podcast]], writers David Weddle and Bradley Thompson are mostly responsible for expanding the minor pilot characters as the series has progressed. They wrote "[[Act of Contrition]]", in which the nuggets are introduced, then "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", which is the second time they all appear (and when Chuckles dies). Kat and Hot Dog reappear in "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" which Weddle and Thompson also wrote. The character of Kat receives more development since "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", the writers' most recent entry before this episode.

== Questions ==

*As implied by [[Sharon Agathon|Valerii]], is Scar a reincarnation of the Cylon Raider that Starbuck captures in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]"?
*The Fleet has obtained enough metal ore to eventually construct two new squadrons of Vipers: will they be Mark IIs, or Mark VIIs?
*With Thrace serving on ''Galactica'', who is instructing [[nugget]]s on ''Pegasus''?
*If Raiders reincarnate so that Cylon forces can benefit from their learned experience, why don't [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]]? ([[Precipice|Answer]])
*Do basestars (well, [[Hybrid]]s anyway) also have the ability to reincarnate given that they appear to be composed of similar bio-mechanical technology as the Raiders?
*As the [[Resurrection Ship]] recon images (from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") only show humanoid bodies awaiting download, how are the consciousnesses of dead Raiders stored and where are they transferred?
* Exactly how many Cylon Raiders were lurking within the asteroid system, including Scar?
* Exactly where is the rest of the Fleet? It's stated that the Fleet is elsewhere, guarded by ''Pegasus'' -- suggesting it has jumped -- however Roslin is aboard ''Galactica'', which is odd as one would expect her to stay with the Fleet, and a communication is received from ''Pegasus'' regarding Viper production, suggesting the Fleet must not have actually jumped.

== Official Statements ==

*According to an interview on Subject2Discussion.com on January 3rd, 2006, along with "Home" (Parts [[Home, Part I|One]], [[Home, Part II|Two]]), and "[[The Farm]]", this is one of Katee Sackhoff's favorite episodes.

* ''Sackhoff discusses her dislike of the Viper scenes:''

: Scar was really tough. It was all those scenes of technical mumbo jumbo so [[Luciana Carro|Luciana [Carro]]] and I decided to add it all together and do it as one big long scene. We were in and out of the Vipers all day long. It is exhausting.<ref>{{cite_news|first=Cullen|last=Ian M.|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/Sackhoff_Vipers.html|title=Sackhoff Admits To Hating The Viper Scenes|publisher=SciFi Pulse|page=|date=30 January 2007|accessdate=9 February 2007|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*{{audio|Scar - one Tigh is enough.mp3|''Kat responds to Starbuck's runaway drinking, after being called a "stim junkie".''}}
:'''Kat''': One Tigh on this ship's enough.

*{{audio|Scar - get what we can.mp3|''Drinking heavily late at night, Apollo and Starbuck commiserate over all of the pilots that have died.}}
:'''Apollo''': You know what gets me? I know that in two weeks, I won't remember his face. I can't remember any of their faces after they're killed. No matter how hard I try, they just fade.
:'''Starbuck''': I don't even remember their names.
:'''Apollo''': Names. Oh, let's see, there was- there was [[Flat Top]]. (Starbuck spits some of her drink on him) Who bought it on his thousandth landing. There was [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]]. (Starbuck spits out some more beer) Stop it, already. Please, not funny. All right. It's not funny.
:'''Starbuck''': It is funny. You know [[Laura Roslin|the President]] says that we're saving humanity for a bright, shiny future. On [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. That you and I are never gonna see. We're not. Because we go out over and over again until someday, some [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|metal mother frakker]] is gonna catch us on a bad day and just blow us away.
:'''Apollo''': Bright, shiny futures are overrated anyway.
:'''Starbuck''': That is why we gotta get what we can. Right now.

*{{audio|Scar - Starbuck's toast.mp3|''After Starbuck pours Kat a drink in her new ''Galactica'' Top Gun mug, she raises a toast to nearly every pilot that has died since their flight from the Colonies.''}}
:'''Starbuck:''' To BB, Jo-Jo, Reilly, Beano, [[Jackson Spencer|Dipper]], [[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]], [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]], [["Jolly" Anders|Jolly]], [[Alex Quartararo|Crashdown]], Sheppard, [[Theo Oberon|Dash]], [[Flyboy]], [[Stepchild]], [[Puppet]], [[Fireball]]...(stops, crying)
:'''Apollo:''' To all of 'em.
:'''Admiral Adama:''' So say we all.
:'''Crew:''' So say we all.
:'''Starbuck:''' So say we all.

== Guest stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lieutenant [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
*[[Christopher Jacot]] as Ensign [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]]
*[[Sean J. Dory]] as Ensign [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]]
*[[Christian Tessier]] as Lieutenant [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{episode list (RDM season 2)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Bradley Thompson]]
[[Category:Episodes written by David Weddle]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Nankin]]
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Survivor count

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{{disline|This article involves the survivor count of the refugees in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For a count of losses and gains in the Fleet incurred during the [[Original Series]], see: [[Fleet population]].}}

The number of surviving Colonial citizens and military in the fleet was provided at intervals throughout the first season on a whiteboard on ''[[Colonial One]]'', and in one instance spoken aloud in dialogue. In the second season, this number appears in the opening credits of every episode (sometimes jokingly referred to as the "Countdown to Extinction"), and displays limited omniscience, updating itself to reflect the deaths on {{RDM|Kobol}} early in that season. This page collects the figures available thus far, cross-referenced with date information from [[Timeline (RDM)]].

==Graph==
[[Image:Fleet_survivors_new.jpg]]
:''All dates up until 51 are exact, 51-950 use estimates below, all tallies past 950 use an average of 5 days between counts (it averages out)''

==Data==

===Season 1===

'''Zero Hour'''
*'''[[Miniseries]]'''
**50,000,000,000 - Estimated total population of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol prior to the Cylon attack {{TRS|A Disquiet Follows My Soul}}.

'''Day 6'''
*'''[[33]]'''
**50,298 - Initial estimate.
**49,998 - Revised count. A decrease of 300.
**49,317 - Second revision. A decrease of 618 (cut scene, DVD).
**47,972 - A loss of 1345 after destruction of the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''.
**47,973 - One birth aboard the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]''.

'''Day 10'''
*'''[[Water]]'''
**47,958 - A net loss of 15.

'''Day 15'''
*'''[[You Can't Go Home Again]]'''
**47,958 - 13 pilots killed in a hangar deck accident in "[[Act of Contrition]]." (The count is not updated.)

'''Day 25'''
*'''[[Flesh and Bone]]'''
**47,954 - A net loss of 4 after deaths of a marine and three crew in "[[Litmus]]", the discovery of [[Ellen Tigh]] one week prior to "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", and the disappearance of [[Shelly Godfrey]] in "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]". [[Number Five#Suicide Bomber Copy|Aaron Doral (Scorpia Traveler copy)]] was apparently not included among the fleet's population. The events of "Act of Contrition" have (still) not been accounted for.

'''Day 28'''
*'''[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]'''
**47,905 - A loss of 49. Total stated by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], possibly excluding himself and [[Sharon Valerii]].

'''Day 48'''
*'''[[Colonial Day]]'''
**47,898 - [[Valance]] is murdered while in custody aboard ''[[Cloud 9]]''. Four Viper pilots killed in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Two additional unexplained deaths.

'''Day 50'''
*'''[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]'''
**47,897 - One unseen death.

'''Day 51'''
*'''[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]'''
**47,887 - [[Raptor 3]] destroyed over {{RDM|Kobol}} with 10 souls aboard.
*'''[[Scattered]]'''
**47,875 - [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] is removed from the count after her assassination attempt. Probably includes the death of [[Karma]] in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", since the on-screen total appears to include deaths on Kobol. 10 additional unseen deaths.

=== Season 2===

*'''[[Valley of Darkness]]'''
**47,874 - [[Tarn]] shot by Cylon Centurions.
*'''[[Fragged]]'''
**47,862 - [[Flyboy]] killed by Cylon Centurion. [[Socinus]] euthanized by [[Galen Tyrol]]. Additional casualties during Cylon boarding action of ''Galactica''.

'''Day 54 (est.)'''
*'''[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]'''
**47,861 - [[Crashdown]] shot by [[Gaius Baltar]].

'''Day 60 (est.)'''
*'''[[The Farm]]'''
** 47,857 - Four civilians massacred by marine strike team aboard the ''[[Gideon]]''.

'''Dates Unknown'''
*'''[[Home, Part I]]'''
** 47,858 - Return of [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], who was presumed dead. Caprica Valerii is not included in the count.
*'''[[Home, Part II]]'''
** 47,855 - Death of [[Elosha]] and a [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]] [[Wikipedia: Redshirt (character)|redshirt]].
*'''[[Final Cut]]'''
** 47,853 - Death of [[Meier]] and unnamed Tom Zarek henchman in "Home, Part II".

'''Day 86 (est.)
*'''[[Flight of the Phoenix]]'''
** 47,853 - No change since "Final Cut".

'''Dates Unknown'''
*'''[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]'''
**49,605 - After the return of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', a dramatic increase of 1,752 over the previous count. The change is shown in the opening credits of [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], since the ship appeared in the "teaser" before the opening credits.
*'''[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]'''
**49,604 - Death of [[Alastair Thorne]].
*'''[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]'''
**49,604 - No change since "Resurrection Ship, Part I".

'''Day 189'''
*'''[[Epiphanies]]'''
** 49,598 - Deaths of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and an unnamed marine guard on ''Pegasus''. The remaining casualty count of four is conspicuously low given the scope of the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|battle]] depicted in the previous episode.

'''Dates Unknown'''
*'''[[Black Market]]'''
**49,597 - The death of a suicide bomber on the ''[[Daru Mozu]]''. Based on dialogue, the attack took the lives of the bomber and at least two civilians. This may have been offset by births in between the two episodes. The death of [[Jack Fisk]] was shown in the teaser of [[Black Market]], and should be counted in the opening credits.
*'''[[Scar]]'''
**49,593 - Deaths of Commander [[Jack Fisk]], Fisk's assassin, [[Phelan]], and one other person, presumably [[Beano]]. It is unclear where the death of Beano, the first of four pilots killed by Scar is counted. Since much of the episode, including the deaths of the four pilots killed by Scar, is shown in flashback.

*'''[[Sacrifice]]'''
**49,590 - Deaths of three pilots killed by Scar: [[Reilly]], [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]], and [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]].

'''c. Day 210'''
*'''[[The Captain's Hand]]'''
**49,584 - Deaths of [[Sesha Abinell]], [[Kern Vinson]], [[Nelson Page]], [[George Chu]], and two unnamed marines, and [[Billy Keikeya]]. Sesha Abinell's husband Ray was killed during a Cylon attack ten weeks prior to this episode, but it does not appear to have been counted. It may have been offset by a birth.

'''c. Day 240'''
*'''[[The Captain's Hand]]'''
**49,579 - Deaths of [[Richard Bayer|Buster]], [[Lyla|Shark]], the two-man crew of [[Raptor 314]], and Commander [[Barry Garner]] (seen near the end on the white board).

'''Between c. Day 240 and c. Day 270'''
*'''[[Razor]] ( Present events)'''
**49,579 - confirms closing count from "The Captain's Hand".

'''c. Day 270'''
*'''[[Downloaded]]'''
**49,579 - confirms closing count from "The Captain's Hand". The count is either not updated to reflect the deaths of [[Kendra Shaw]] and [[Dasilva]] in "[[Razor]]" or there were births that offset those deaths.
*'''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]'''
**49,579 - No change since "[[Downloaded]]". It is unclear how the birth of [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] is counted. Her birth appears to be offset by the death of [[Maya]]'s child. Maya's child seems to be the one seen in the incubator, and whose ashes are spread out of a Raptor by Helo and Tyrol.
'''c. Day 280'''
*'''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]'''
**49,550 - [[Raptor 612]] jumped into a mountain on Caprica. This could account for four people: A pilot, an ECO, and two marines.

'''During the Settlement of New Caprica (from c. Day 280 to c. Day 660)'''
*'''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]'''
**After the "One Year Later" time jump later in the episode, the population of New Caprica City is given as 39,192. This includes separated military personnel, but does not include military and civilians in the small fleet orbiting the planet.
*'''[[Precipice]]'''
**According to Lee Adama, about 2,000 civilians escaped with the ships in orbit of New Caprica.
**Adama also states that both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are at half strength (this can't be taken literally).
***A careful [[crew tally]] establishes that, at full strength, ''Galactica'' is crewed by about 2,808 people and ''Pegasus'' by about 2,445.
***The same tally indicates that immediately prior to the one-year jump, ''Galactica'' was crewed by about 2,600 people, and ''Pegasus'' by about 1,700. At half-strength, this puts the minimum number of military personnel at about 2,200.
**This puts our estimate of the total human population at roughly 43,400 (39,192 + 2000 + 2200)
**Subtracting from the figure of 49,550 given in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", this means that the total population fell by about 6150 people during the one-year gap. The majority of these deaths probably happened as a result of the destruction of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and the surrounding vessels.
:''For a confirmation of these estimates with more accurate numbers see the "[[Crossroads, Part I]]" section''

=== Season 3===

'''During the Occupation of New Caprica (from c. Day 660 to c. Day 798)'''
*An unknown number of people died in the insurgency and Cylon retaliation. However this must be offset by additional births during this four month time span. Accurately tracking the population numbers is impossible at this point, but known casualty figures are given below:
*'''c. Day 729'''
**'''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]''' - 10 people are killed at the temple, including [[Nora Farmer]].
*'''c. Day 794'''
**'''[[Occupation]]''' - [[Tucker Clellan]] bombs the [[New Caprica Police]] graduation ceremony, killing 33 humans.
*'''c. Day 796'''
**'''[[Precipice]]''' - suicide bombing at the power substation kills 4 humans. Three resistance fighters die in the ambush at [[Breeders Canyon]].
*'''c. Day 798'''
**'''[[Exodus, Part II]]''' - numerous casualties during the evacuation of New Caprica, including [[Maya]]. [[Ellen Tigh]] is poisoned by her husband for collaborating with the Cylons, but as she is a Cylon herself her death is not counted.

'''c. Day 800'''
*'''[[Collaborators]]'''
**41,435 - Fleet population as of the third day of the Second Exodus. Given the above numbers, the death toll of the resistance and the [[Battle of New Caprica]] is about 2000 people. Given the total in the next episode, this figure does not reflect the 13 collaborators executed by the [[Circle]] between this episode and the last.
**Several hundred children might have been born on New Caprica. Since they are also included in the count, the Fleet has lost more older and able-bodied people than apparent.

'''c. Day 830'''
*'''[[Torn]]'''
**41,422 - Figure now reflects the 13 collaborators executed by the [[Circle]]. No deaths occur in this episode.

'''c. Day 831'''
*'''[[A Measure of Salvation]]'''
**41,420 - Two unseen deaths.

'''c. Day 935'''
*'''[[Hero]]'''
**41,421 - [[Daniel Novacek|Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek]] escapes from Cylon custody and joins the population of the fleet.

'''c. Day 950'''
*'''[[Unfinished Business]]'''
**41,422 - One birth.

'''Dates Unknown'''
*'''[[The Passage]]'''
**41,420 - Two unseen deaths.

*'''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]'''
**41,402 - Eighteen deaths from radiation exposure, including the skeleton crews of the ''[[Adriatic]]'' and the ''[[Carina]]''. This also includes [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne Katraine]].

*'''[[Rapture]]'''
**41,401 - One unseen death.

*'''[[Taking a Break from All Your Worries]]'''
**41,403 - Deaths of [[Hillard]] and [[Omar Fischer]]. [[Hera Agathon]], [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]] join the Fleet's population, in addition to two possible birth. Caprica-Six is not added to the count.

*'''[[The Woman King]]'''
**41,401 - Two unseen deaths.

*'''[[A Day in the Life]]'''
**41,398 - Deaths of [[Willie King]] and two other Sagittarons; possibly more if offset by births.

*'''[[Dirty Hands]]'''
**41,400 - Two births.

*'''[[Maelstrom]]'''
**41,400 - No net change.

*'''[[The Son Also Rises]]'''
**41,399 - Death of [[Kara Thrace]] in the prior episode, and [[Alan Hughes]] at the end of this episode's teaser. Hughes' death is either not counted, offset by a birth, or Thrace's death is not counted.

*'''[[Crossroads, Part I]]'''
**Unknown, as there is no intro for this episode.
**The following numbers are given during Baltar's trial by [[Cassidy]]: 44,035 - the number who settled on New Caprica; 38,838 - the number the day after the escape. However the number of escapees can only refer to the ''civilian'' population of the Fleet, and despite talking specifically about the people who settled on New Caprica, this number includes the ''total'' population, including those in orbit.
**This contradictory wording is a writing error, but interpreting them slightly differently confirms the estimates from "[[Precipice]]":
***41,435 (Collaborators) - 38,838 = 2,597 (the military personnel in the Fleet)
***44,035 - 39,192 (the inhabitants of [[New Caprica City]]) = 4,835 (the total population left in orbit)
***4,835 - 2,597 = 2,238 (in "Precipice" Lee Adama refers to roughly 2,000 civilians who escaped New Caprica)
***49,550 (count in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]") - 39,192 - 4,835 = 5,523 (the death toll prior to the occupation, mostly incurred with the destruction of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'')
***49,550 - 5,523 - 41,435 = 2,592 (the causalities of the Cylon occupation and the [[Battle of New Caprica|escape from New Caprica]])
:'''Note:''' While this number of military personnel fits with the estimate about their strength during the settlement of New Caprica, it still does not fit with the depiction of overcrowding on ''Galactica'' after the escape from the planet and the destruction of ''Pegasus'', since the battlestar was crewed with approximately 2,600 people to begin with. The number of civilians should therefore be lower.

*'''[[Crossroads, Part II]]'''
**Unknown, as there is no intro for this episode.

=== Season 4===

*'''[[He That Believeth In Me]]'''
**39,698 - A loss of [[Numerology#1701|1,701]], accounting for the ca. 600 deaths on ''[[Pyxis]]'', and ca. additional 1,100 deaths on other ships damaged during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], such as the ''[[Zephyr]]'' and ''[[Astral Queen]]''. The assumed dead [[Kara Thrace]] returns, presumably increasing the number by one. [[Samuel Anders]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Saul Tigh]], and [[Galen Tyrol]] likely removed from the count upon revelation of their Cylon nature.

*'''[[Six of One]]'''
**39,676 - 22 unaccounted for deaths from the previous episode. These may be people who were wounded in the battle, but died of their injuries later.

*'''[[The Ties That Bind]]'''
**39,676 - No change. [[Cally Tyrol]] dies during the course of the episode.

*'''[[Escape Velocity]]'''
**39,675 - Cally Tyrol's death is accounted for.

*'''[[The Road Less Traveled]]'''
**39,676 - An increase of one; likely a birth in the Fleet. Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]] dies during the episode.

*'''[[Faith]]'''
**39,675 - Mathias's death is accounted for. [[Jean Barolay]] and [[Emily Kowalski]] die during the episode.

*'''[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]'''
**39,673 - Barolay's and Kowalski's deaths are counted.

*'''[[Sine Qua Non]]'''
**39,674 - An unexplained increase by one. During the episode [[Eammon Pike]] is found the dead in the Raptor and several pilots were likely killed in the battle at the [[Resurrection Hub]]. [[Natalie Faust]] succumbs to her injuries from [[Sharon Agathon]]'s assassination attempt. Her death is not counted.

*'''[[The Hub]]'''
**39,673 - A decrease of one, possibly counting Pike's death. However, the episode takes place concurrently with "Sine Qua Non" and Pike only dies later in the episode.

*'''[[Revelations]]'''
**39,665 - A decrease of eight, likely accounting for the Colonial casualties during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]].

*'''[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]'''
**39,651 - A decrease of fourteen. Accounting for the unnamed pilot executed by [[D'Anna Biers|D'Anna]] in "[[Revelations]]", and thirteen additional unexplained deaths.
**39,650 - [[Anastasia Dualla]] commits suicide.

*'''[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]'''
**39,644 - A loss of six. [[Esrin|Ensign "Easy" Esrin]], [[J. Finnegan|Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan]], and [[Brooks|Specialist Brooks]] are murdered by "[[Number Eight|Sweet Eight]]" aboard [[Raptor 718]], and three possible suicides. 2 marines die in the course of the episode.

*'''[[The Oath]]'''
**39,643 - A loss of one, [[Peter Laird]] (killed by [[Tom Zarek]]).

*'''[[Blood on the Scales]]'''
** 39,603 - A loss of 40. Probably casualties of [[Gaeta's Mutiny|Felix Gaeta and Tom Zarek's coup d'etat]]. Private [[Stewart Jaffee]] and [[Maldonaldo|Lance Corporal Maldonaldo]] are among the slain.

*'''[[No Exit]]'''
** 39,556 - A loss of 47, including eleven members of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]], [[Parr]], [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]], and other probable casualties of the coup.

*'''[[Deadlock]]'''
** 39,556 - No change. [[Ellen Tigh]] and [[Sharon Valerii]] return to the fleet but are not factored into the count.

*'''[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]'''
** 39,556 - No change.

*'''[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]'''
** 39,521 - 35 casualties from the damage done to ''Galactica'' by [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]'s mistimed FTL jump. Cylon workers are among the dead but are not factored into the count.

*'''[[Daybreak, Part I]]'''
** 39,516 - 5 unknown casualties, possibly people who were wounded in the previous episode but did not die until later.

*'''[[Daybreak, Part II]]'''
** Unknown - No opening count for this episode. Heavy losses incurred during the [[Battle of The Colony]] including (but not limited to): [[Margaret Edmonson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson]], [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]], 4 other Viper pilots and the crews of 7 Raptors. Uncounted Cylon casualties include [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Number One|John Cavil]], [[Tory Foster]], and the entire Number One, [[Number Four|Four]], and [[Number Five|Five]] model lines.

*'''[[Daybreak, Part II|Daybreak, Part III]]'''
** 39,406 - Tally shown digitally available version of "Daybreak, Part III". A loss of 110, most likely casualties from the Battle of the Colony.
** approx. "38,000" - Closing count given by Admiral Adama, a verbal estimate of the number of survivors who survived to make it to the second [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. [[Laura Roslin]] dies on [[Earth]]. [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] mysteriously vanishes. [[Samuel Anders]] pilots the Fleet into Earth's sun.

*'''150,000 Years Later'''
** 6,760,000,000 - Estimated current population of Earth, descendants of the survivors of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.

==Per Episode==

{| class="messagebox sortable"
|-
! No.
! Episode
! Population
! ΔPopulation
|-
| 1.01
| [[33]]
| 50,298
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.02
| [[Water]]
| 47,958
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2340
|-
| 1.03
| [[Bastille Day]]
| 47,958
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.04
| [[Act of Contrition]]
| 47,958
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.05
| [[You Can't Go Home Again]]
| 47,954
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 4
|-
| 1.06
| [[Litmus]]
| Not Available
| 
|-
| 1.07
| [[Six Degrees of Separation]]
| Not Available
| 
|-
| 1.08
| [[Flesh and Bone]]
| 47,954
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.09
| [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
| 47,905
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 49
|-
| 1.10
| [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]
| 47,898
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 7
|-
| 1.11
| [[Colonial Day]]
| 47,898
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.12
| [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
| 47,897
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 1.13
| [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
| 47,887
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 10
|-
| 2.01
| [[Scattered]]
| 47,875
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 12
|-
| 2.02
| [[Valley of Darkness]]
| 47,874
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 2.03
| [[Fragged]]
| 47,862
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 12
|-
| 2.04
| [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]
| 47,861
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 2.05
| [[The Farm]]
| 47,857
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 4
|-
| 2.06
| [[Home, Part I]]
| 47,858
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 2.07
| [[Home, Part II]]
| 47,855
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 3
|-
| 2.08
| [[Final Cut]]
| 47,853
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 2.09
| [[Flight of the Phoenix]]
| 47,853
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 2.10
| [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]
| 49,605
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1752
|-
| 2.11
| [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
| 49,604
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 2.12
| [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
| 49,604
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 2.13
| [[Epiphanies]]
| 49,598
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 6
|-
| 2.14
| [[Black Market]]
| 49,597
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 2.15
| [[Scar]]
| 49,593
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 4
|-
| 2.16
| [[Sacrifice]]
| 49,590
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 3
|-
| 2.17
| [[The Captain's Hand]]
| 49,584
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 6
|-
| 2.18
| [[Downloaded]]
| 49,579
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 5
|-
| 2.19
| [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
| 49,579
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 2.20
| [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
| 49,550
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 29
|-
| 3.01
| [[Occupation]]
| Not Available
| 
|-
| 3.02
| [[Precipice]]
| Not Available
| 
|-
| 3.03
| [[Exodus, Part I]]
| Not Available
| 
|-
| 3.04
| [[Exodus, Part II]]
| Not Available
| 
|-
| 3.05
| [[Collaborators]]
| 41,435
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 8115
|-
| 3.06
| [[Torn]]
| 41,422
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 13
|-
| 3.07
| [[A Measure of Salvation]]
| 41,420
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 3.08
| [[Hero]]
| 41,421
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 3.09
| [[Unfinished Business]]
| 41,422
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 3.10
| [[The Passage]]
| 41,420
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 3.11
| [[The Eye of Jupiter]]
| 41,402
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 18
|-
| 3.12
| [[Rapture]]
| 41,401
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 3.13
| [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]
| 41,403
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 2
|-
| 3.14
| [[The Woman King]]
| 41,401
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 3.15
| [[A Day in the Life]]
| 41,398
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 3
|-
| 3.16
| [[Dirty Hands]]
| 41,400
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 2
|-
| 3.17
| [[Maelstrom]]
| 41,400
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 3.18
| [[The Son Also Rises]]
| 41,399
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 3.19
| [[Crossroads, Part I]]
| 41,399
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 3.20
| [[Crossroads, Part II]]
| Not Available
| 
|-
| 4.01
| [[He That Believeth In Me]]
| 39,698
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1701
|-
| 4.02
| [[Six of One]]
| 39,676
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 22
|-
| 4.03
| [[The Ties That Bind]]
| 39,676
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 4.04
| [[Escape Velocity]]
| 39,675
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.05
| [[The Road Less Traveled]]
| 39,676
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 4.06
| [[Faith]]
| 39,675
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.07
| [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]
| 39,673
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 4.08
| [[Sine Qua Non]]
| 39,674
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 4.09
| [[The Hub]]
| 39,673
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.10
| [[Revelations]]
| 39,665
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 8
|-
| 4.11
| [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]
| 39,651
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 14
|-
| 4.12
| [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]
| 39,650
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.13
| [[The Oath]]
| 39,644
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 6
|-
| 4.14
| [[Blood on the Scales]]
| 39,643
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.15
| [[No Exit]]
| 39,603
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 40
|-
| 4.16
| [[Deadlock]]
| 39,556
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 47
|-
| 4.17
| [[Someone to Watch Over Me]]
| 39,556
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 4.18
| [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]]
| 39,521
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 35
|-
| 4.19
| [[Daybreak, Part I]]
| 39,516
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 5
|-
| 4.20
| [[Daybreak, Part II]]
| Not Available
| 
|-
| 4.21
| [[Daybreak, Part II|Daybreak, Part III]]
| 39,406
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 110
|}

==Analysis==
*The detonation of a nuclear warhead on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' by the [[Number Six]] copy, [[Gina Inviere]], is the first time a ship has been destroyed since the destruction of the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''.
*The ships ''[[Adriatic]]'' and ''[[Carina]]'' are also destroyed in "[[The Passage]]", however with only skeleton crews aboard.
:*A deleted scene from "The Passage" with President Roslin broadcasting a message following the loss of the ''Carina'' indicated that they had lost four ships in the star cluster, with 46 men and 12 women aboard those ships.
*Since the end of "[[33]]", the Fleet's population has been dying off at a fairly steady rate of approximately 2.1 persons per day. At this rate, barring the arrival of more humans such as that seen in "[[Pegasus]]", the Fleet would be completely depopulated within a few decades.
*In "[[The Captain's Hand]]" (roughly in the region of Day 250-60), Dr. Baltar estimated that (factoring in the arrival of ''Pegasus''), given the survivor count's current rate of decline, never increasing, the human race will simply go extinct in 18 years. If this refers only to excess mortality, it would mean an average rate of roughly 7.5 people a day. It may be that Baltar's estimate considered more factors, such as labor shortages resulting in famine, which would complicate this model, resulting in the death rate exponentially increasing over time.
*First season survivor counts are available from [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin's]] whiteboard aboard ''[[Colonial One]]''. Second season survivor counts are included in the opening titles, as well as the presidential whiteboard.
*The loss of 8,115 people between "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" and "[[Collaborators]]" is the highest net loss from one opening title count to another.

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The Fleet (TOS)

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CoreyDanian: Adding from Discussion

{{disline|This article involves the caravan of [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight-speed]] civilian ships in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. For information on its [[FTL|faster-than-light capable]] counterpart in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[The Fleet (RDM)]]. For general information on the military of the Twelve Colonies in both series, see [[Colonial Fleet]].}}

[[Image:ragtagfleet.jpg|thumb|A shot of the "rag-tag fugitive fleet".]]
After the destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man|Twelve Colonies]] in a devastating genocidal attack on the Colonial worlds, Commander {{TOS|Adama}} orders all survivors to find what operational ships that remain on their shattered worlds and fly them towards [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'', the sole surviving battlestar after her sister warships are also [[Battle of Cimtar|destroyed]] in the two-prong [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] attack. With nowhere else to call home, Adama decrees that the remnants of humanity will search for the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]] on a planet called [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]].

Under the guardianship of ''Galactica'', the Fleet comprises of 220 civilian ships. With the exception of ''Galactica'', the ships are not capable of [[lightspeed]] flight. The Fleet's overall speed is limited to that of the slowest ship within the group. As all ships in the Fleet were filled to (or over) capacity, removing the slower ships from the caravan is not an option.

== Known Ships ==
=== Active ===

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! Name !! Ship type / function !! Last Seen !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Agro Ship 9]]'' || [[Agro Ship]] / food supplier, civilian || [[War of the Gods, Part II]] || Last surviving agro ship after an extremely successful Cylon attack against both her and her sister ships.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Astradon}}'' || Freighter, civilian || [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]] || A dejected [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] tells an equally-dejected [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] that he found a little place on board the freighter that "with a little paint, and some nice curtains, it's so cozy".
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Borella}}'' || Unknown, civilian || [[The Man with Nine Lives]] || Ship on the route taken by the transport shuttle ''[[Canaris]]''. From the name, this is likely the ship from whence [[Bora]], [[Maga]], and [[Taba]] came, and is presumably run by Borellian Nomen (given their disdain for other Colonials).
|-
| ''[[Celestra (TOS)|Celestra]] || Electronics ship, civilian || [[Take the Celestra]] || Formerly commanded by Commander [[Kronus]]. This is the "command ship" for a small group of ships Adama assigns him to command.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Comm-Tel Ship}}'' || [[Inter-Fleet Broadcasting]] ship, civilian || [[The Man with Nine Lives]] || Conning his way out of paying for passage to ''[[Rising Star]]'', [[Chameleon]]—claiming to be IFB's president—tells the [[ducket]] taker on the shuttle ''[[Canaris]]'' to head over to this ship so that he may be interviewed.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Edina}}'' || Civilian ship || Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II || According to Colonel {{TOS|Tigh}}, this ship almost goes astray when in the [[magnetic void]] en route to {{TOS|Kobol}}.
|-
| ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' || Colonial [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]], military escort || [[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]] || Last known surviving battlestar, roughly 500 [[yahren]] old.
|-
| ''[[Gemini (TOS)|Gemini]]'' || Gemonese freighter, civilian || [[War of the Gods, Part I]] || Freighter with indigent and disaffected refugees; the "[[Boray]]s of humanity" reside here.
|-
| {{inlineref|bold=N|Livestock Ship}} || Agricultural ship, civilian || The Man with Nine Lives || Commanded by Captain [[Dmitri]], this ship is presumably a source for meat and other poultry. [[Chameleon]] posed as Dimitri in order to con some [[Borellian Nomen]] ([[Bora]], [[Maga]] and [[Taba]]) into buying parts to build a ship of an unknown type.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Orphan Ship}}'' || Orphan care, civilian || [[Baltar's Escape]] || The purpose of the ''Orphan Ship'' appears to be oriented towards the care and processing of children orphaned during the [[Battle of Cimtar|fall of the Colonies]].

[[Chameleon]] claims to be a geneticist from the ''Orphan Ship'' and claims that the list for genetic testing is "[[yahren]] long" {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}.

Colonel {{TOS|Tigh}} later comments to Siress [[Tinia]] that [[Council Security]] would be unable to stop an escape from the ''Orphan Ship'' {{OS|Baltar's Escape}}.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Pisces}} || Unknown, civilian || The Man with Nine Lives || One of the ships on the route taken by the transport shuttle ''[[Canaris]]''.
|-
| ''[[Prison Barge]]'' || Prison ship, civilian || [[Baltar's Escape]] || Operated by members of [[Council Security]].
|-
| ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]'' || Luxury liner and [[chancery]], civilian || [[The Man With Nine Lives]] || Formerly operated by [[Trans Stellar Spacelines]]. Used to evacuate children and their caretakers off [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]] during the [[Battle of Cimtar|Cylon attack]].
|-
| ''[[Sanitation ship|Sanitation Ship]]'' || Sanitation ship, civilian || [[The Long Patrol]] || [[Starbuck]] complained about being able to see a sanitation ship out the porthole of the dining chamber of the ''[[Rising Star]]'' as an excuse to book an additional chamber to keep [[Athena]] and [[Cassiopeia]] from accidentally meeting, as he engaged in a dinner-date with both at the same time.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Senior Ship}}'' || Elderly caretaker ship, civilian || The Man with Nine Lives || [[Siress]] [[Blassie]] bombarded ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' with messages asking about the whereabouts of [[Chameleon]] from this ship. Adama later remands Chameleon to this ship as Blassie has offered to take custody of the apparent vagrant.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tip Barge}}'' || Refuse ship, civilian<ref>A tip barge may be a place for depositing rubbish, if the word "[[w:Landfill|tip]]" is used in the British manner.</ref> || Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II || Mentioned by [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] while engaging in mock stereotypical feminine conversation with [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]; [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] claims that he procured [[valcron]] from this ship.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tauranian}}'' || Unknown, civilian || The Man with Nine Lives || One of the ships on the route taken by the transport shuttle ''[[Canaris]]''.
|}

=== Destroyed ===

* At least two [[Agro Ship|agro ships]] {{OS|The Magnificent Warriors}}.

=== Unknown ===

* Battlestar ''{{TOS|Pegasus}}'' briefly joins the Fleet in "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]" and "[[The Living Legend, Part II|Part II]]", but loses contact with the Fleet during the [[Battle of Gamoray]].

=== Other ships ===

* ''[[Colonial Movers]]'' freighters
* An unnamed ''[[Flattop]]'' ship

== ''Galactica 1980'' ==

* The freighter ''[[Delphi (ship)|Delphi]]'' is shown in the "[[Galactica 1980]]" episode "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]", and is the Fleet's schooling ship.
* Interestingly, in "[[Space Croppers]]", ''Galactica''n Fleet is shown to have three agro ships, despite the fact that two were destroyed nearly three decades before. (This can be seen as a [[Continuity error (1980)|continuity error]].)

=== Other ===

The Fleet is also comprised of [[Colonial Shuttle (TOS)|shuttles]] and Colonial [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s, which are likely not indicated in the "220 ship" figure given in "[[Saga of a Star World]]". It is indicated that there are non-military shuttles that ferry people and, possibly, supplies throughout the Fleet. One such craft is the shuttle ''[[Canaris]]'' {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}, in addition to the shuttle piloted by [[Aurora]] of the ''[[Celestra (TOS)|Celestra]]'' {{OS|Take the Celestra}}.

In addition to their ship compliment, the Colonials have at least one [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] in their possession, as a result of [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge|their victory at Galaxy's Edge]] {{OS|The Hand of God (TOS)}}.

[[Image:The Fleet(TOS)-PortsideView.jpg|center|thumb|384px|
Fleet identification chart. Note that a Cylon mine and an [[Eastern Alliance]] warship can be seen in the far distance in a number of late TOS episodes, e.g. "[[Take the Celestra]]"...]]

{{clear}}

== Notes ==
*In the scripts for "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]" and "[[The Man With Nine Lives]]", two ships are mentioned in scenes that were either cut or never filmed
:*The ''Yarborough'', a freighter that sent a distress signal to ''Galactica'' in the Magnetic Void in a continuation of the scene on the bridge as the fleet entered in "Lost Planet of Gods, Part II".
:*The ''Crucible'', Siress Blassie's billet ship where the residents were largely over the age of sixty yahrens and likely corresponds to the "Senior Ship" mentioned onscreen in "The Man With Nine Lives".

== References ==

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Fleet population

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{{disline|For the count of survivors from the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see: [[survivor count]].}}

The '''Fleet population''' is an attempt to chronicle how many people are within the [[The Fleet (TOS)|rag-tag, fugitive fleet]] from the [[Original Series]]. Unlike its [[Re-imagined Series|re-imagined successor]], a definitive number of survivors is never provided; however, losses and gains in population can be provided from aired content.

Based on the available data below, there has been an overall net loss of seven people between the post-[[Carillon]] end of "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and the final act of the series finale, "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]".

== Saga of a Star World ==

* It is impossible to determine an exact count of survivors due to the numerous casualties incurred as a result of the [[Battle of Cimtar]] and the [[Battle of Carillon]]. Also, it is uncertain how many people were able to successfully escape [[Carillon]] before its destruction.

== Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I ==

* Several [[Warriors]] infected with the [[Otarsis virus]] enter critical condition. It is unknown whether or not they are tended to in time.

== Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II ==

* [[Serina]] is mortally wounded on {{TOS|Kobol}} by a [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]]. Net loss of one.

== The Lost Warrior ==

* No net losses or gains can be determined based on the content of this episode.

== The Long Patrol ==

* The Fleet gains three persons: [[Robber]], [[Slayer]] and their daughter, [[Tanya]]. No further deaths or births relating to the Fleet occur on screen.

== The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I ==

* [[Killian]] and Cadets [[Shields]] and [[Bow]] are destroyed with their [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s by the [[Ravashol pulsar]]. Net loss of three.

== The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II ==

* [[Thane]] and [[Leda]] die on Arcta. [[Wolfe]] flees into the wilderness, leaving his ultimate fate unknown; he is incapable of returning to the Fleet. Net loss of three.

== The Magnificent Warriors ==

* [[Belloby]] remains on [[Sectar (planet)|Sectar]]. Net loss of one.

== The Young Lords ==

* No net losses or gains can be determined based on the content of this episode.

== The Living Legend, Part I ==

* An apparently fully crewed [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]], ''{{TOS|Pegasus}}'', joins the Fleet. Its number of crew are unknown.

== The Living Legend, Part II ==

* ''Pegasus'' is separated from the Fleet after the [[Battle of Gamoray]]. [[Sheba]] and [[Bojay]] are absorbed into ''Galactica''{{'|s}} strike wing, along with injured crew members from ''Pegasus''. Known net gain of at least two.

== Fire in Space ==

* No net losses or gains can be determined based on the content of this episode.

== War of the Gods, Part I & II ==

* Count [[Iblis]] joins the Fleet. However, after he is revealed as the "Prince of Darkness" in his attempt to kill Sheba, Iblis is apparently abducted by the [[Beings of Light]].
* {{TOS|Baltar}} surrenders himself to the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]], who imprison him on the [[Prison Barge]]. Net gain of one.

== The Man with Nine Lives ==

* No net losses or gains can be determined based on the content of this episode.

== Murder on the Rising Star ==

* Flight Sergeant [[Ortega]] is murdered by [[Karibdis]]. Net loss of one.

== Greetings from Earth ==

* Commandant [[Leiter]] and his [[Eastern Alliance destroyer|destroyer]] crew are brought to ''Galactica'' and are imprisoned on the [[Prison Barge]]. Net gain of at least twelve.

== Baltar's Escape ==

* The three [[Borellian Nomen]], [[Bora]], [[Maga]] and [[Taba]], leave the Fleet on Commandant [[Leiter]]'s [[Eastern Alliance destroyer|destroyer]]. Net loss of three, not including the loss of the Alliance officers.

== Experiment in Terra ==

* No net losses or gains can be determined based on the content of this episode.

== Take the Celestra ==

* Commander [[Kronus]] is mortally wounded during the action to retake the ''[[Celestra (TOS)|Celestra]]'' from [[Charka]]. Net loss of one.

== The Hand of God ==

* No net losses or gains can be determined based on the content of this episode.
* However, if {{TOS|Adama}} keeps his word, Baltar will be left on a reasonably hospitable planet, thus reducing the Fleet population by one.

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Unnamed characters (TOS)

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CoreyDanian: /* Galactica crew */ Fixing

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{{unnamed characters series}}

This page lists all original series ''Battlestar Galactica'' characters who were never named either on screen or by any of the show's creatives.

The scope of this article is limited to characters who have either an on-screen credit or had an important interaction with a major character. For instance, the woman on the ''[[Gemini (TOS)|Gemini]]'' telling [[Iblis]] of how having two [[tallon plant]]s would be a miracle enough would be notable, while the man falling off the roof during the Cylon attack on Caprica wouldn't.

==Galactica crew==

===Deckhand===

An unnamed man served as a deckhand on the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' at the time of the [[Battle of Cimtar]] and the Fall of the [[Twelve Colonies of Man]]. When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] was damaged and came in for a crashlanding, he pulled [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] away from being hurt by the oncoming fighter.

*''This deckhand was portrayed by [[Bruce Wright]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]", who would later portrayed a [[Council Security]] guard lieutenant in "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]" and "[[Baltar's Escape]] and Corporal [[Lomas]] in "[[The Man With Nine Lives]]".''

===First Warrior===

An unnamed man served as a Colonial Warrior on the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' at the time of the [[Battle of Cimtar|Fall of the Twelve Colonies of Man]]. When the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] reached [[Carillon]], he was on the surface in the [[chancery]] at the same time as an unnamed woman and her friend [[Answaw]] were visiting. Stepping into an elevator to head to their accommodations, it seemingly malfunctioned and sent them to the lowest level where he and the others were captured by the [[Ovion]]s where they could be fed to their young.

*''This Warrior, credited as '''First Warrior''', was portrayed by [[Chip Johnson]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]".''

===Second Warrior===

An unnamed man served as a Colonial Warrior on the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' at the time of the [[Battle of Cimtar|Fall of the Twelve Colonies of Man]]. When the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] reached [[Carillon]], he was on the surface in the [[chancery]] at the same time as [[Cassiopeia (TOS)|Cassiopeia]]. Both would step into an elevator to head to their accommodations, where he flirted with the [[socialator]] who was feeling dejected after an argument with [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], it seemingly malfunctioned and sent them to the lowest level where he and Cassiopeia were captured by the [[Ovion]]s where they could be fed to their young. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and Starbuck would later rescue Cassiopeia but was too late to save the Warrior.

*''This Warrior, credited as '''Second Warrior''', was portrayed by [[Geoffrey Binney]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]".''

===Pilot===

An unnamed man served as a Colonial Warrior on the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' at the time of the [[Battle of Cimtar|Fall of the Twelve Colonies of Man]]. During the battle near [[Cimtar (TOS)|Cimtar]], he flew wing with [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]. He would survive and return to ''Galactica'', where he served as a patrol for the [[Carillon]] mission upon reaching the planet to resupply.

Sometime after the [[Battle of Gamoray]], he flew with [[Bojay]]'s [[Silver Spar Squadron]] alongside [[Jolly (TOS)|Jolly]] when they encountered the [[Ship of Light|Ships of Light]] and were subsequently taken by the beings. He would later be returned to ''Galactica'' after Count [[Iblis]] was banished.

*''This Pilot was portrayed by [[Paul Coufos]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and "[[War of the Gods, Part I]]".''

===Viper Pilots===
The credited (but unnamed) Viper pilot trainees.
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Girlwarrior.jpg|[[Leann Hunley|1st Girl Warrior]]
Image:Girlwarrior2.jpg|[[Jennifer Joseph|2nd Girl Warrior(??)]]
Image:Trainkill.jpg|[[Jennifer Joseph|2nd Girl Warrior(??)]]
Image:LPOG1 - 3rd Girl Warrior.png|[[Gay Thomas-Wilson|3rd Girl Warrior]]
</gallery>

=== Pegasus Warriors ===



The uncredited ''{{TOS|Pegasus}}'' Warriors.

<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Pegasus Warrior 1.jpg|Warrior 1
Image:Pegasus Warrior 2.jpg|Warrior 2
Image:Pegasus Warrior 3.jpg|Warrior 3
Image:Pegasus Warrior 4.jpg|Warrior 4
</gallery>
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Pegasus Warrior 5.jpg|Warrior 5
</gallery>

===Security===
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:LPOG1 - Guard 1.png|[[Bruce Wright|1st Lt. Guard]]
Image:Guard2.jpg|2nd Guard
</gallery>

== Fleet ==

=== Officiator ===

[[Image:MOTRS - Unnamed Officiator.png|thumb|Triad Officiator.]]

An [[Officiator]] oversees a [[triad (TOS)|triad]] game between [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]/[[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Ortega]]/[[Barton]].

{{TOS|Boomer}}, a guest commentator, comments to [[Zed]] that he does not want to second question his calls in the game, despite the unnecessary roughness he exhibits against Starbuck during the game. However, this Officiator later makes a call on Ortega's foul against Starbuck for "unnecessary blocking" during the game, and allows Starbuck a free shot against the other team's hoop. Later he ejects both Ortega and Starbuck from the game, which leads to a confrontation between the two [[Colonial Warrior|Warriors]] near the [[turboshower]]s {{OS|Murder on the Rising Star}}.

: ''The officiator was portrayed by [[Ted Noose]].''

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=== Statesman #1 ===

[[File:21925-1332-0.jpg|thumb|The Statesman]]

A '''statesman''' who survived the [[Battle of Cimtar|Destruction of the Twelve Colonies]] by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], he went on to serve as part of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of the Twelve]] alongside other colleagues including Sire [[Uri]] and Sire [[Anton]].

After the discovery of [[Carillon]] as a possible safe haven, he accompanied Uri to the [[chancery]] and was enjoying a meal and drink while his counterpart spoke of the possibly of settling on the planet within earshot of [[Apollo]] and [[Serina]]. The man was later at the Council session when [[Adama]] was informed of Uri's proposition of surrendering to the Cylons and destroy their arms. When the commander left the session in disgust, he spoke with Anton about placing this decision to the people of [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]]. The statesman would later be with the rest of the Council during the planned ceremony in the chancery when it was discovered by the Warriors of the Ovion/Cylon plans for humanity ("{{TOS|Saga of a Star World}}").

He was still a member of the council when the mysterious Count [[Iblis]] arrived and offered his leadership in exchange for their submission ("{{TOS|War of the Gods, Part I}}", "{{TOS|War of the Gods, Part II}}").

: ''The statesman, identified by this title in the end credits, was portrayed by [[Norman Stuart]] in "Saga of a Star World" and "War of the Gods, Part I" and "Part II". In the novelization, the scene on Carillon with Uri identified him as Councillor Lobe of Piscera, though it is unclear if this was canon.''
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=== Statesman #2 ===

A '''statesman''' who held the title of [[Sire]] had survived the [[Battle of Cimtar|Destruction of the Twelve Colonies]] by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], he went on to serve as part of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of the Twelve]].

When Count [[Iblis]] was discovered and brought back to the fleet, the Sire was initially skeptical of the mysterious being, as was Commander [[Adama]] and expressed surprise when the visitor was already aware of the Council's decisions despite only just being made. When [[Baltar]] surrendered to the Colonials, the statesman passed the judgement on the traitor to be imprisoned aboard the ''[[Prison Barge]]'' for a life sentence. He then lead the push for Count Iblis to be named to the Council Presidency, though agreed to adjourn the meeting at Adama's request for a time. Ultimately, Iblis' true identity was revealed and he left the fleet ("{{TOS|War of the Gods, Part I}}", "{{TOS|War of the Gods, Part II}}").

: ''The statesman was portrayed by [[John Williams]] in "War of the Gods" two-partner. In the novelization, his lines are attributed to an individual named Sire Montrose, though it is unclear if this was canon.''
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== Terrans ==

=== Eastern Alliance ===

<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Alliance older man.jpg|An older man with a mustache who advises the [[Supreme Commandant]] to sue for peace with the Nationalists. ([[Russ Marin]])
Image:Alliance young man.jpg|A younger, dark haired man who reports that there have been no missile strikes from either side. ([[Milt Jamin]])
</gallery>

=== Terra Nationalists ===

<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Nationalist military.jpg|A group from the [[People's Nationalist Force]], lead by a character played by [[John de Lancie]] (second from the left).
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Unnamed characters (RDM)]]
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters (TOS)]]
[[Category:TOS]]

Unnamed characters (TOS)

2021-01-27T02:07:55Z

CoreyDanian: /* Galactica crew */ Adding four characters with descriptions. Pics on Media.

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{{unnamed characters series}}

This page lists all original series ''Battlestar Galactica'' characters who were never named either on screen or by any of the show's creatives.

The scope of this article is limited to characters who have either an on-screen credit or had an important interaction with a major character. For instance, the woman on the ''[[Gemini (TOS)|Gemini]]'' telling [[Iblis]] of how having two [[tallon plant]]s would be a miracle enough would be notable, while the man falling off the roof during the Cylon attack on Caprica wouldn't.

==Galactica crew==

===Deckhand===

An unnamed man served as a deckhand on the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' at the time of the [[Battle of Cimtar]] and the Fall of the [[Twelve Colonies of Man]]. When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] was damaged and came in for a crashlanding, he pulled [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] away from being hurt by the oncoming fighter.

*''This deckhand was portrayed by [[Bruce Wright]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]", who would later portrayed a [[Council Security]] guard lieutenant in "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]" and "[[Baltar's Escape]] and Corporal [[Lomas]] in "[[The Man With Nine Lives]]".''

===First Warrior===

An unnamed man served as a Colonial Warrior on the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' at the time of the [[Battle of Cimtar|Fall of the Twelve Colonies of Man]]. When the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] reached [[Carillon]], he was on the surface in the [[chancery]] at the same time as an unnamed woman and her friend [[Answaw]] were visiting. Stepping into an elevator to head to their accommodations, it seemingly malfunctioned and sent them to the lowest level where he and the others were captured by the [[Ovion]]s where they could be fed to their young.

*''This Warrior, credited as '''First Warrior''', was portrayed by [[Chip Johnson]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]".''

===Second Warrior===

An unnamed man served as a Colonial Warrior on the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' at the time of the [[Battle of Cimtar|Fall of the Twelve Colonies of Man]]. When the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] reached [[Carillon]], he was on the surface in the [[chancery]] at the same time as [[Cassiopeia (TOS)|Cassiopeia]]. Both would step into an elevator to head to their accommodations, where he flirted with the [[socialator]] who was feeling dejected after an argument with [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], it seemingly malfunctioned and sent them to the lowest level where he and Cassiopeia were captured by the [[Ovion]]s where they could be fed to their young. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and Starbuck would later rescue Cassiopeia but was too late to save the Warrior.

*''This Warrior, credited as '''Second Warrior''', was portrayed by [[Geoffrey Binney]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]".'''

===Pilot===

An unnamed man served as a Colonial Warrior on the Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' at the time of the [[Battle of Cimtar|Fall of the Twelve Colonies of Man]]. During the battle near [[Cimtar (TOS)|Cimtar]], he flew wing with [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]. He would survive and return to ''Galactica'', where he served as a patrol for the [[Carillon]] mission upon reaching the planet to resupply.

Sometime after the [[Battle of Gamoray]], he flew with [[Bojay]]'s [[Silver Spar Squadron]] alongside [[Jolly (TOS)|Jolly]] when they encountered the [[Ship of Light|Ships of Light]] and were subsequently taken by the beings. He would later be returned to ''Galactica'' after Count [[Iblis]] was banished.

*''This Pilot was portrayed by [[Paul Coufos]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]".''

===Viper Pilots===
The credited (but unnamed) Viper pilot trainees.
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Girlwarrior.jpg|[[Leann Hunley|1st Girl Warrior]]
Image:Girlwarrior2.jpg|[[Jennifer Joseph|2nd Girl Warrior(??)]]
Image:Trainkill.jpg|[[Jennifer Joseph|2nd Girl Warrior(??)]]
Image:LPOG1 - 3rd Girl Warrior.png|[[Gay Thomas-Wilson|3rd Girl Warrior]]
</gallery>

=== Pegasus Warriors ===



The uncredited ''{{TOS|Pegasus}}'' Warriors.

<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Pegasus Warrior 1.jpg|Warrior 1
Image:Pegasus Warrior 2.jpg|Warrior 2
Image:Pegasus Warrior 3.jpg|Warrior 3
Image:Pegasus Warrior 4.jpg|Warrior 4
</gallery>
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Pegasus Warrior 5.jpg|Warrior 5
</gallery>

===Security===
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:LPOG1 - Guard 1.png|[[Bruce Wright|1st Lt. Guard]]
Image:Guard2.jpg|2nd Guard
</gallery>

== Fleet ==

=== Officiator ===

[[Image:MOTRS - Unnamed Officiator.png|thumb|Triad Officiator.]]

An [[Officiator]] oversees a [[triad (TOS)|triad]] game between [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]/[[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Ortega]]/[[Barton]].

{{TOS|Boomer}}, a guest commentator, comments to [[Zed]] that he does not want to second question his calls in the game, despite the unnecessary roughness he exhibits against Starbuck during the game. However, this Officiator later makes a call on Ortega's foul against Starbuck for "unnecessary blocking" during the game, and allows Starbuck a free shot against the other team's hoop. Later he ejects both Ortega and Starbuck from the game, which leads to a confrontation between the two [[Colonial Warrior|Warriors]] near the [[turboshower]]s {{OS|Murder on the Rising Star}}.

: ''The officiator was portrayed by [[Ted Noose]].''

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=== Statesman #1 ===

[[File:21925-1332-0.jpg|thumb|The Statesman]]

A '''statesman''' who survived the [[Battle of Cimtar|Destruction of the Twelve Colonies]] by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], he went on to serve as part of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of the Twelve]] alongside other colleagues including Sire [[Uri]] and Sire [[Anton]].

After the discovery of [[Carillon]] as a possible safe haven, he accompanied Uri to the [[chancery]] and was enjoying a meal and drink while his counterpart spoke of the possibly of settling on the planet within earshot of [[Apollo]] and [[Serina]]. The man was later at the Council session when [[Adama]] was informed of Uri's proposition of surrendering to the Cylons and destroy their arms. When the commander left the session in disgust, he spoke with Anton about placing this decision to the people of [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]]. The statesman would later be with the rest of the Council during the planned ceremony in the chancery when it was discovered by the Warriors of the Ovion/Cylon plans for humanity ("{{TOS|Saga of a Star World}}").

He was still a member of the council when the mysterious Count [[Iblis]] arrived and offered his leadership in exchange for their submission ("{{TOS|War of the Gods, Part I}}", "{{TOS|War of the Gods, Part II}}").

: ''The statesman, identified by this title in the end credits, was portrayed by [[Norman Stuart]] in "Saga of a Star World" and "War of the Gods, Part I" and "Part II". In the novelization, the scene on Carillon with Uri identified him as Councillor Lobe of Piscera, though it is unclear if this was canon.''
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=== Statesman #2 ===

A '''statesman''' who held the title of [[Sire]] had survived the [[Battle of Cimtar|Destruction of the Twelve Colonies]] by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], he went on to serve as part of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of the Twelve]].

When Count [[Iblis]] was discovered and brought back to the fleet, the Sire was initially skeptical of the mysterious being, as was Commander [[Adama]] and expressed surprise when the visitor was already aware of the Council's decisions despite only just being made. When [[Baltar]] surrendered to the Colonials, the statesman passed the judgement on the traitor to be imprisoned aboard the ''[[Prison Barge]]'' for a life sentence. He then lead the push for Count Iblis to be named to the Council Presidency, though agreed to adjourn the meeting at Adama's request for a time. Ultimately, Iblis' true identity was revealed and he left the fleet ("{{TOS|War of the Gods, Part I}}", "{{TOS|War of the Gods, Part II}}").

: ''The statesman was portrayed by [[John Williams]] in "War of the Gods" two-partner. In the novelization, his lines are attributed to an individual named Sire Montrose, though it is unclear if this was canon.''
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== Terrans ==

=== Eastern Alliance ===

<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Alliance older man.jpg|An older man with a mustache who advises the [[Supreme Commandant]] to sue for peace with the Nationalists. ([[Russ Marin]])
Image:Alliance young man.jpg|A younger, dark haired man who reports that there have been no missile strikes from either side. ([[Milt Jamin]])
</gallery>

=== Terra Nationalists ===

<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:Nationalist military.jpg|A group from the [[People's Nationalist Force]], lead by a character played by [[John de Lancie]] (second from the left).
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Unnamed characters (RDM)]]
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters (TOS)]]
[[Category:TOS]]

The Fleet (TRS)

2021-01-27T01:50:51Z

CoreyDanian: /* Notes */

{{disline|This article involves the fleet of [[FTL|faster-than-light]]-capable civilian ships in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on its [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] counterpart in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[The Fleet (TOS)]]. For general information on other articles pertaining to fleets, see: [[Fleet (disambiguation)]].}}

'''The Fleet''' is the convoy of ships sheltering the human survivors of the renewed [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attacks]] against the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Colonies]]. Alternatively, it can also be used to describe the surviving population.

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==Overview==

[[Image:The Fleet.png|thumb|right|400px|''Galactica'' leads the Fleet.]]

* "The Fleet" originates as a convoy of about 60 commercial and civilian ships in the space surrounding {{RDM|Caprica}}. [[Laura Roslin]], with the aid of [[Sharon Valerii]], initiates the clustering of stranded vessels in the aftermath of the Cylon invasion of the Twelve Colonies, thus forming the convoy. Around twenty of these ships are abandoned to a squadron of attacking [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] because they either lack [[FTL]] drives, or are damaged, like the sublight ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' and the unpowered ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]''.

The remaining vessels join the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' - the only Colonial warship [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] at the time to have survived the Cylon attack - in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]]. From this point on, ''Galactica'' shoulders the role of the Fleet's protector {{TRS|Miniseries}}.

** [[Anastasia Dualla|Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla]] explains that 53 ships jumped away from an attacking Cylon baseship, with 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives. Adding ''Galactica'' to this tally, the total number of ships is 64 {{TRS|33}}.
** [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Saul Tigh]]'s first statement that the 24 ships departing with the [[Laura Roslin faction]] represent "almost a third of the Fleet" implies that the number of ships in the Fleet is approximately in the mid-70's. However, Tigh later responds to the number of civilians joining Roslin by saying, "That's over a third of the people in the Fleet." Since the term "Fleet" is used interchangeably to describe both the ships and the civilian populace, this could imply that Tigh's previous statement was an estimate of the people who left and not the number of ships lost {{TRS|The Farm|Home, Part I|}}.

* As an indicator of the crew and passengers aboard the ships, the phrase "the Fleet" also represents all of humanity. Usage of the term "the Fleet" has not gained more than an informal acceptance, as can be seen by President Roslin's continued use of the term ''President of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]]''.<ref>This may be interpreted either as an expression of hope that the people of the Fleet will re-establish themselves on a new world, or a psychological inability to accept the Fleet as the only home that humanity will know for a long time.</ref>

* The Fleet is joined by rebel Cylons, after their numbers are devastated in an ambush by forces loyal to the [[Number One]] model. The rebel basestar is later admitted into the Fleet, with a [[Number Six|Six]] named [[Sonja]] joining the new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] comprised of ship captains {{TRS|Someone to Watch Over Me}}.

* The ships of the Fleet would eventually be abandoned by the survivors four years after being forced to flee their homes. By this point the Fleet has fallen into disrepair, with ''Galactica'' no longer able to protect them. The stresses of combat - especially the [[Battle of New Caprica]] - and years spent in space without proper maintenance have taken their toll. Ultimately, the decision is made to abandon ''Galactica'' for the basestar, but it takes part in [[Battle of The Colony|one last operation]] against loyal Cylon forces.

Afterwards, the Fleet is directed to their new home, a lush [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth|planet]] suitable for their needs that is unknown to any remaining loyal Cylons. Shortly after, the Fleet is abandoned and flown into Earth's star. {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.

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==Ships==

==== Seen ====

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"

align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
! Name !! Role !! Last seen !! Notes
|-
| ''[[Astral Queen]]'' || Prisoner transport || [[The Plan]], [[Daybreak, Part II]] || Transporting 1,500 prisoners to {{RDM|Caprica}} for parole hearings at the time of the Cylon attack. Later the lead ship in [[Laura Roslin]]'s [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]].
|-
| ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' || Agricultural ship || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || An FTL-capable agricultural ship. A sublight version of this ship is destroyed in the [[Miniseries, Night 2|second night]] of the Miniseries.
|-
| ''[[Celestra (RDM)|Celestra]]'' || Scientific research || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II|| Seen in various fleet shoots.
|-
| ''[[Chrion]]'' || [[Luxury liner]] || [[The Passage]] || Successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]].
|-
| ''[[Colonial One]]'' || Transport ship, government || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Formerly ''Colonial Heavy 798''. Renamed after hosting surviving Colonial Government.
|-
|''[[Cybele]]'' || Cargo transport || [[The Plan]] || A copy of Simon refuses to blow up this ship and airlocks himself instead {{TRS|The Plan}}. Escorted by [[Raptors]] through a very dense star cluster to the [[algae planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}.
|-
| ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' || [[Refinery Ship]] || [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]] || Damaged by a suicide bomber (TRS: "[[Epiphanies]]").
|-
| ''[[Demetrius]]'' || Sewage recycling || Daybreak, Part II || Given to [[Kara Thrace]] and a select crew to try to find Earth. Later returned to the fleet.
|-
| ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' || [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], military || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || This is the last remaining [[Galactica type battlestar|original battlestar]] dating back to the [[Cylon War]]. It is the main protector and flagship of the Fleet, under direct command of [[William Adama]].
|-
| ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] is captured and held here for interrogation and, later, executed (TRS: "[[Flesh and Bone]]").
|-
| ''[[Gemini (RDM)|Gemini]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Used as a decoy in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] (TRS: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"). Later escorted through the star cluster (TRS: "The Passage").
|-
| ''[[Gideon]]'' || Supply ship || [[The Son Also Rises]] || A supply ship involved in an incident where four civilians are killed by ''Galactica'' [[Marines]] (TRS: "[[Resistance]]").
|-
| ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' || [[Refinery ship]] || Daybreak, Part II || The ship is the site of the worker's strike (TRS: "[[Dirty Hands]]") and a mutiny authorized by [[Tom Zarek]] (TRS: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").
|-
| ''[[Kimba Huta]]'' || Cold storage vessel || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II || Tom Zarek, Laura Roslin and Lee Adama hide out aboard this ship after Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' (TRS: "[[The Farm]]").
|-
| ''[[Majahual]]'' || [[Mining ship]] || [[Scar]] || Mined crucial metals needed to build [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s several months after the attacks (TRS: "Scar").
|-
| ''[[Monarch]]'' || Mining ship || [[Collaborators]] || A mining ship that joins the [[Laura Roslin faction]] (TRS: "Home, Part I").
|-
| ''[[Prometheus (ship)|Prometheus]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Commanded by [[Doyle Franks]], ''Prometheus'' has a reputation as an "off the grid" freighter involved in the [[black market (organization)|black market]] (TRS: "[[Black Market]]").
|-
| ''[[Rebel Basestar]]'' || [[Basestar (RDM)#Modern Basestar|Basestar]], military || Daybreak, Part II || Basestar of the Rebel Cylons that joins the Fleet as part of an alliance against Cavil's forces, later officially joining the Fleet after the Quorum of Twelve is dissolved and the Quorum of Ships' Captains is created.
|-
|''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'' || Medical transport || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || A medical transport vessel in the fleet (TRS: "[[33]]", "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", "[[Scattered]]", "[[The Plan]]").
|-
| ''[[Striker]]'' || Scientific research || [[Home, Part II]] || Damaged in a refueling operation overseen by Captain [[George Birch]] (TRS: "Home, Part II").
|-
| ''[[Thera Sita]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || A ship escorted by Apollo through a dense star cluster (TRS: "[[The Passage]]". Later, 301 passengers from the ship were transferred to ''Galactica'' while the ship was repaired (TRS: "[[The Woman King]]"
|-
| ''[[Triton_(civilian_ship)|Triton]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Sine Qua Non]] || Home "with a view" of [[Romo Lampkin]] (TRS: "Sine Qua Non")
|-
| ''[[Virgon Express]]'' || Salvage and repair || The Plan, [[Downloaded]] || Undergoes underway water replenishment from ''Galactica'' several days after the attacks (TRS: "[[Water]]").
|-
| ''[[Zephyr]]'' || Passenger liner || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Arguably the easiest identifiable civilian ship due to its large ring. It is severely damaged during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] (TRS: "[[He That Believeth In Me]]".
|}

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==== Mentioned Only ====

Unless otherwise mentioned, the following ships are only listed on the [[:Image:Tally chalkboard.jpg|voting tally board]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".<ref>Note that the tally board in question contains inaccuracies regarding the number of votes, and thus should not be used to determine the population aboard each vessel.</ref>

Many of these ships are mentioned or featured again, as the production generated a master list for reference.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"

align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
! Name !! Notes
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Adrasteia}}'' || In Greek mythology, [[w:Adrasteia|Adrasteia]] (also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestea, and Adastreia) was a nymph who was charged by Rhea to raise the infant Zeus in secret to protect him from his father Cronus (Krónos) in the Dictaean cave.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Amduatey}}'' || The ship is named after the [[Wikipedia:Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[Wikipedia:Amduat|Amduat]], which literally means "That Which is in the Afterworld". It was an important funeral text usually inscribed in the tombs of pharoahs. The Amduat told the story of the sun god [[Wikipedia:Ra|Ra]], who set in the evening and traveled through the underworld at night, only to rise again in the morning. It was understood that the dead pharaoh was taking the same journey, through the underworld, only to rise again with Ra as an immortal in the morning.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Aether}}'' || In Greek mythology, [[w:Aether (mythology)|Aether]] is one of the Protogenos (first-born). He is the personification of the "upper sky," space, and heaven, and the elemental god of the "Bright, Glowing, Upper Air." He is the pure upper air that the gods breathe, as opposed to regular air, the gloomy lower air of the Earth, which mortals breathe.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Argo Navis}}'' || Captained by [[Simpson Markson]], who is selected to be a judge at Gaius Baltar's trial <ref>The name and the ship are noted in the [[Sources:The Son Also Rises|script]] for "[[The Son Also Rises]]", but not mentioned on screen.</ref>. [[w:Argo Navis|Argo Navis]] was a large southern constellation representing the Argo, the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology.
|-
|''[[Aurora (ship)|Aurora]]'' || A ship in the fleet that was home to a friend of [[Emily Kowalski]] {{TRS|Faith}}. 
In Roman mythology, [[w:Aurora (mythology)|Aurora]] is the goddess of dawn. This [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|goddess]] also exists within the series's own mythology.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Azimenarius}}'' || ''Azimenarius'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is not on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
|-
|''[[Baah Pakal]]'' || The XO of the ship was a friend of [[Saul Tigh]]'s. They held a pair of DDG-62 engines that would be used in the [[Blackbird]]'s construction {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}}. Later appeared on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Boreas}}'' || Named for the [[w:Boreas|god of the north wind]] in Greek mythology. ''Boreas'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is absent from the master tally board on ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Breton}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Carillon Trader}}'' || In the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], [[Carillon]] is the infamous "casino planet" from "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Cassandra}}'' || Named for the [[w:Cassandra|daughter]] of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy who had the power of prophecy, but was cursed so that no one believed her.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Coba}}'' || ''Coba'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Clymene}}'' || ''Clymene'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is absent from the master tally board on ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Several women and deities in Greek myth are named [[wikipedia:Clymene|Clymene]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Dahshur}}'' || ''Dahshur'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Diomedes}}'' || ''Diomedes'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Presumably named for the ancient hero of the Trojan War of the [[w:Diomedes|same name]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Embla Brokk}}'' || The name ''Embla Brokk'' may be derived from the names of two figures in Norse mythology: Embla, the first woman, and [[w:Brokkr|Brokkr]], a dwarf who helped create Draupnir (a magical ring) and [[w:Mjolnir|Mjolnir]] (Thor's hammer). ''Embla Brokk'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Enkidu}}'' || Among the first ships to navigate the star cluster to the [[algae planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}. 
Named after the [[wikipedia:Enkidu|Enkidu]] of the [[wikipedia:Sumerian mythology|Sumerian mythological]] [[wikipedia:Epic of Gilgamesh|epic of Gilgamesh]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Epheme}}'' || The Epheme may be named for a minor character in Greek mythology who was nurse to the [[w:Muse|Muses]].
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|''[[Faru Sadin]]'' || Successfully guided through the [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]] to the algae planet by [[Louanne Katraine|Captain Louanne "Kat" Katraine]], who sacrifices her life in the process (The Passage).
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Freighter 212}}'' || A ship on which Lieutenant (later Captain) Louanne "Kat" Katraine apparently has some "buddies" {{TRS|Final Cut}}. 
Indications are that "Freighter 212" is merely the hull number for the ship, as this name is not written on either tally boards during the election in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Galatea}}'' || Probably named for a main character in the Greek myth of [[w:Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]]. Pygmalion, a sculptor, creates a statue of a woman, which is so beautiful that he falls in love with it, and the gods reward him by bringing her ([[w:Galatea (mythology)|Galatea]]) to life.
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|''[[Greenleaf]]'' || A freighter mentioned several times in the series ("[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Sacrifice]]", "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Harrak}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Hexare}}'' ||On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Inchon Velle}}'' || When [[Kara Thrace]] has disturbing dreams about [[Leoben]] and the [[Eye of Jupiter|mandala]] in her apartment, [[Karl Agathon]] suggests that she see a psychiatrist on ''Inchon Velle'' {{TRS|Maelstrom}}. Also where a [[Gerard|brain surgeon]] was brought over from to oversee [[Samuel T. Anders]]' brain surgery {{TRS|No Exit}}.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Kara Nixal}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Kiya}}'' || ''Kiya'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|McConnell}}'' || Commander [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] made runs to this ship in order to build up a stock pile of supplies for the [[black market (organization)|black market]] {{TRS|Black Market}}. The ship is on neither ''Colonial One'' nor ''Galactica'''s tally boards in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Mutem Wia}}'' || ''Mutem Wia'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Odysseus}}'' || Named for the [[w:Odysseus|hero]] in Greek mythology who fought in the Trojan War and was the subject of Homer's epic ''[[w:Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Persephone}}'' || ''Persephone'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". [[w:Persephone|Persephone]] is the daughter of the goddess [[w:Demeter|Demeter]]. She is forced to marry the god of the underworld, [[w:Hades|Hades]], but Demeter works out a compromise where Persephone is allowed to return to the world of the living for a portion of the year.
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|''[[Picon 36]]'' || Presumed to have jumped away with the FTL-capable ships in the [[Miniseries]]. Chances are, this is just a hull number for another ship in one of these lists.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Picon Princess}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Rhadamanthys}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Salpica}}'' || In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended cut]] of "[[Unfinished Business]]", ''Salpica'' is mentioned as the ship [[Samuel Anders]] lives on after the escape from New Caprica and before moving permanently to ''Galactica''.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Sargon}}'' || May be named after either [[w:Sargon I (Assyrian king)|Sargon I]] or [[wikipedia:Sargon II|Sargon II]], ancient Assyrian kings on Earth.
 Seen only on the voting tally boards in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Scorpia Traveller}}'' || After disembarking from ''Scorpia Traveller'', a copy of the humanoid Cylon [[Aaron Doral]] evades security checkpoints, nearly succeeding in the assassination of [[William Adama]] in a suicide bombing {{TRS|Litmus}}. The ship is not on either tally board in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Swordfish}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tarbadek}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tauranian Traveller}}'' || Mentioned in a deleted scene in "[[33]]". Later, its name is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tora Bashiri}}'' || "Tora bashiri" is Japanese for "tiger's run." It is a term used in [[wikipedia:Iaido|Iaido]], a Japanese martial art. The ship's name is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Vena Capa}}'' || ''Vena Capa'' is on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Virga}}'' || ''Virga'' is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Ziusudra}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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==== Destroyed Before Reaching Earth ====

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| ''[[Adriatic|Adriatic]]'' || Unknown || [[The Passage]] || A member of the Roslin faction armed with ship-to-ship missiles {{TRS|Home, Part I}}. Lost in transit in a [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]].
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| ''[[Carina]]'' || ''[[Flattop]]''-type salvage and repair ship || The Passage || Lost in transit in a star cluster.
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| ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' || [[Luxury liner]], civilian/government || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || The ship is destroyed by a nuclear warhead detonated by [[Gina Inviere]], resulting in the destruction of at least three other ships.
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| ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' || Luxury liner || [[33]] || Destroyed by [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] after an apparent Cylon takeover.
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| ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' || [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], military || [[Exodus, Part II]] || Surviving crew and planes absorbed by ''Galactica''.
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| ''[[Pyxis]]'' || Luxury liner || [[He That Believeth In Me]] || Commanded by Captain [[Jules Tarney]], this ship is successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]], but later destroyed in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] resulting in 600 deaths.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Colonial Movers || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || One of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Yellow Vessel || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || Two of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Long-necked Vessel || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || Three of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.

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==== Ships Not Part of ''Galactica'''s Fleet ====

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| ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' || Agricultural and transport vessel || [[Miniseries]] || A sublight-only vessel that is destroyed by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] after the Fall, before Roslin's fleet rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar]].
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| ''[[Diana (TRS)|Diana]]'' || Gemenese civilian transport || Mentioned only || First Cylon War. Ship's crew and passengers were abducted by the Cylons for experimentation.
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| ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Miniseries]] || Abandoned after the passengers and crew are evacuated to ''Colonial One'', an unnamed flat top, and an unnamed transport.
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| ''[[Scylla]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Razor]] || One of a small fleet of ships encountered by the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.
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==Population Demographics==
A few points of information are available concerning the demographics of the Fleet. In "[[33]]", before the destruction of the Olympic Carrier, there are 5,251 survivors from Sagittaron and 49,998 total survivors. In "[[Home, Part I]]", the [[Laura Roslin faction]] leaves the Fleet with 18,000 individuals, of which 9,500 ware Gemenese and 6,250 were Capricans. At that time the total population of the Fleet is 47,857. This information is sparse, but it gives a general idea of the population breakdown of the Fleet if a few assumptions are made for the sake of argument.
*Note that Gemenon and Caprica have more citizens in the Roslin faction alone than Sagittaron has in the entire Fleet. The Twelve Colonies are clearly not represented in equal proportion.
*Before the destruction of ''Olympic Carrier'', Sagittaron natives make up 10.50% of the Fleet. Solely for the purpose of argument, it is assumed that ''Olympic Carrier'''s population breakdown was identical to the rest of the Fleet's and that Sagittaron continues to make up 10.50% of the Fleet's total population.
*The figures from the Roslin faction can be interpreted in several ways:
<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics1.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 1: All Gemenese and Capricans jump to Kobol with the Roslin faction.
::*Caprica: 6,250 persons (13%)
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (20%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 27,081 (57%) 
<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics2.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 2: All Gemenese jump to Kobol with the Roslin faction, lured by the "religion card", but the Caprican portion of the Roslin faction is representative of the Fleet.
::*Caprica: 28,204 persons (59%)
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (20%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 5,127 persons (11%) 
<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics3.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 3: Caprican and Gemenese portions of the Roslin faction are representative of the Fleet.
::*Caprica: 16,617 persons (35%)
::*Gemenon: 25,258 persons (53%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 956 (2%) 
*Although it is plausible that the Caprican population is substantially larger than the other Colonies, as ''Colonial Heavy 798'' is in the vicinity when the attack begins, and is the nucleus around which the Fleet rallies, it is unlikely that the populations of each colony are grossly unequal, or else the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] would be a very poor system of government. The likeliest scenario is therefore somewhere in between assumptions 1 and 2, with nearly all of the Gemenon population (drawn by the "religion card") and a large portion of the Caprican population leaving with Roslin.
*Alternatively, it is possible that the population of the Colonies are grossly unequal. Although the structure of the Quorum of Twelve appears to maintain at least a fiction that the Colonies are roughly equal, next to nothing is known about how the [[Government|governmental]] system of the Colonies was established or how it evolved over time. Indeed, the United States Senate, for example, by design expressly assumes that the various states constituting it are 'equal' even though this is clearly not the case in terms of their respective populations. Furthermore, the fact that a system of government is 'poor' or else not representatively proportional does not mean it cannot actually be implemented and even survive for long periods of time.
*In the [[Caprica pilot|''Caprica'' pilot]], it is revealed that Caprica and Gemenon are in very close proximity. Since the Fleet formed up around ''Colonial One'', which was in the vicinity of Caprica at the time of the attack, the over-representation of the Caprican and Gemenese portion of the Fleet is now explained.

As for the population distribution, the population of several ships is known: ''Galactica'' (2,693 as of "[[Water]]"), ''Olympic Carrier'' (1,345 as of "[[33]]"), ''Astral Queen'' (1,500 as of "[[Bastille Day]]", [[List of retcons (RDM)|retconned]] up from 500 in the Miniseries) and ''Pyxis'' (600 when destroyed in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]"). There are 176 civilians in the cargo hold of ''[[Colonial One]]'' in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". The Fleet is stated at about 75 ships in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]", retconned up from 40 in the Miniseries.
*Going by the 75 ship count, the remaining ships besides ''Galactica'' and ''Astral Queen'' each carry about 600 persons on average.
*The 23 ships that leave with the [[Laura Roslin faction]], apart from ''Astral Queen'', would have an average population of about 720 persons per ship.

The Fleet's population has declined by about 8,000 since the above.

== Analysis ==

* By the time of Felix Gaeta's and Tom Zarek's mutiny aboard ''Galactica'' {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}, dialogue indicates that the Fleet is down to the very low figure of 35 civilian ships, a surprising loss of about half the initial ships from "[[33]]". Most of these losses remain unaccounted for, as very few civilian ships have been seen or heard to be actually lost on screen. Given that the human population has only declined by about one fifth at this point rather than a similar half, this could be a continuity error or retcon, or the remaining ships would have had to nearly double the number of civilians aboard to compensate. It is possible in the context of the dialogue in the episode that the figure of 35 referred only to the number of ships initially loyal to the mutineers.
* The political and social troubles befalling the Fleet as it wanders through space, serve as a metaphor for all of humanity, since the Fleet literally ''is'' what is left of humanity in the television series.

==See Also==
* [[Gemon Liners]]
* [[Pan Galactic]]
* [[Saggitarian Spaceways]]
* [[Five-engined vessel]]
* [[Wedge-shaped vessel]]
* [[Tubed vessel]]
* [[Two-engine cargo vessel]]
* ''"[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]"'' - The ship itself is [[Yellow vessel|unnamed]], but clearly identifiable as ''Kodiak'', the command ship of the GDI faction from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]''.

==Notes==
*Unofficially, many viewers refer to the Fleet as the "RTF"; "Rag-Tag Fleet", or more fully, "RTFF." These nicknames come from the term "Rag-Tag Fugitive Fleet," a name used in the closing credits voice over of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] (performed by series star [[Lorne Greene]]), describing the [[The Fleet (TOS)|civilian refugee fleet]].
* In the [[Miniseries]], astute viewers may recognize three spacecraft with notable resemblances of ships from other SF universes. The first two of these ships aren't considered a [[Canon|canonical]] part of the series or the Fleet, but their appearance adds a bit of humor, and pays homage to other notable science fiction and their creative staff.
:* ''Serenity'', the central ship from the TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' and the motion picture ''[[Wikipedia:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]'', [[:md:Image:SerenityBSGMini.JPG|appears briefly in the sky]] outside the window of a doctor's office where viewers first see [[Laura Roslin]]. The ship does not appear in the Fleet.
:* The original USS [[MemoryAlpha:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] from the original ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' TV series makes a cameo in the [[:md:Image:Enterprise in fleet.jpg|last shot of the Fleet]] as [[Elosha]] chants a prayer in the memorial service near the end of the Miniseries. Look to the upper right corner for the ship in a still frame. All Season 1 [[opening credits]] use this shot, so ''Enterprise'' makes a very quick appearance with each of the first 13 episodes (This is best viewed from the [[Season 1 DVD]] set).
:*The ill-fated [[Botanical Cruiser]] in the Miniseries was added in homage to the [[Agro Ship]] from the Original Series, which in turn were the re-used models from the SF film ''[[Wikipedia:Silent Running|Silent Running]]'', a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior. At least one FTL-capable version of this ship survives and exists in the Fleet {{TRS|The Passage}}.
* It is worth noting that inconsistencies of fleet numbers and on-screen visual representing. While dialogue in Season 1 and through to mid-Season 2, indicates between '''64''' and '''75''' ships, a count of every background ship until the end of the series will give you at least '''82''' ships, even accounting for losses in earlier episodes. This discrepancy was never addressed throughout the run of the series as it appears each season just added new ships or additional sister vessels to onscreen ones depending on the episode.

* [[Battlestar Galactica Blue Prints|A list of blueprints]] of ships in the Fleet is available.
** These are considered non-canon.
* In a deleted scene from [[Litmus]], the ''Coronis'', as a ship carrying people who are unhappy about being last in food ration distribution, is mentioned. However, it is not present on either the master tally board on ''Galactica'' or the whiteboard tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". As ''Coronis'' has not been mentioned in any canonical capacity, it is considered totally abandoned by the producers.
** In Greek mythology [[w:Coronis (Greek mythology)|Coronis]] is the name of several figures.

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{{disline|This article involves the fleet of [[FTL|faster-than-light]]-capable civilian ships in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on its [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] counterpart in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[The Fleet (TOS)]]. For general information on other articles pertaining to fleets, see: [[Fleet (disambiguation)]].}}

'''The Fleet''' is the convoy of ships sheltering the human survivors of the renewed [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attacks]] against the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Colonies]]. Alternatively, it can also be used to describe the surviving population.

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==Overview==

[[Image:The Fleet.png|thumb|right|400px|''Galactica'' leads the Fleet.]]

* "The Fleet" originates as a convoy of about 60 commercial and civilian ships in the space surrounding {{RDM|Caprica}}. [[Laura Roslin]], with the aid of [[Sharon Valerii]], initiates the clustering of stranded vessels in the aftermath of the Cylon invasion of the Twelve Colonies, thus forming the convoy. Around twenty of these ships are abandoned to a squadron of attacking [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] because they either lack [[FTL]] drives, or are damaged, like the sublight ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' and the unpowered ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]''.

The remaining vessels join the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' - the only Colonial warship [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] at the time to have survived the Cylon attack - in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant [[Ragnar]]. From this point on, ''Galactica'' shoulders the role of the Fleet's protector {{TRS|Miniseries}}.

** [[Anastasia Dualla|Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla]] explains that 53 ships jumped away from an attacking Cylon baseship, with 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives. Adding ''Galactica'' to this tally, the total number of ships is 64 {{TRS|33}}.
** [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Saul Tigh]]'s first statement that the 24 ships departing with the [[Laura Roslin faction]] represent "almost a third of the Fleet" implies that the number of ships in the Fleet is approximately in the mid-70's. However, Tigh later responds to the number of civilians joining Roslin by saying, "That's over a third of the people in the Fleet." Since the term "Fleet" is used interchangeably to describe both the ships and the civilian populace, this could imply that Tigh's previous statement was an estimate of the people who left and not the number of ships lost {{TRS|The Farm|Home, Part I|}}.

* As an indicator of the crew and passengers aboard the ships, the phrase "the Fleet" also represents all of humanity. Usage of the term "the Fleet" has not gained more than an informal acceptance, as can be seen by President Roslin's continued use of the term ''President of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]]''.<ref>This may be interpreted either as an expression of hope that the people of the Fleet will re-establish themselves on a new world, or a psychological inability to accept the Fleet as the only home that humanity will know for a long time.</ref>

* The Fleet is joined by rebel Cylons, after their numbers are devastated in an ambush by forces loyal to the [[Number One]] model. The rebel basestar is later admitted into the Fleet, with a [[Number Six|Six]] named [[Sonja]] joining the new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] comprised of ship captains {{TRS|Someone to Watch Over Me}}.

* The ships of the Fleet would eventually be abandoned by the survivors four years after being forced to flee their homes. By this point the Fleet has fallen into disrepair, with ''Galactica'' no longer able to protect them. The stresses of combat - especially the [[Battle of New Caprica]] - and years spent in space without proper maintenance have taken their toll. Ultimately, the decision is made to abandon ''Galactica'' for the basestar, but it takes part in [[Battle of The Colony|one last operation]] against loyal Cylon forces.

Afterwards, the Fleet is directed to their new home, a lush [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth|planet]] suitable for their needs that is unknown to any remaining loyal Cylons. Shortly after, the Fleet is abandoned and flown into Earth's star. {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.

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==Ships==

==== Seen ====

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| ''[[Astral Queen]]'' || Prisoner transport || [[The Plan]], [[Daybreak, Part II]] || Transporting 1,500 prisoners to {{RDM|Caprica}} for parole hearings at the time of the Cylon attack. Later the lead ship in [[Laura Roslin]]'s [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]].
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| ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' || Agricultural ship || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || An FTL-capable agricultural ship. A sublight version of this ship is destroyed in the [[Miniseries, Night 2|second night]] of the Miniseries.
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| ''[[Celestra (RDM)|Celestra]]'' || Scientific research || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II|| Seen in various fleet shoots.
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| ''[[Chrion]]'' || [[Luxury liner]] || [[The Passage]] || Successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]].
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| ''[[Colonial One]]'' || Transport ship, government || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Formerly ''Colonial Heavy 798''. Renamed after hosting surviving Colonial Government.
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|''[[Cybele]]'' || Cargo transport || [[The Plan]] || A copy of Simon refuses to blow up this ship and airlocks himself instead {{TRS|The Plan}}. Escorted by [[Raptors]] through a very dense star cluster to the [[algae planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}.
|-
| ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' || [[Refinery Ship]] || [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]] || Damaged by a suicide bomber (TRS: "[[Epiphanies]]").
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| ''[[Demetrius]]'' || Sewage recycling || Daybreak, Part II || Given to [[Kara Thrace]] and a select crew to try to find Earth. Later returned to the fleet.
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| ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' || [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], military || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || This is the last remaining [[Galactica type battlestar|original battlestar]] dating back to the [[Cylon War]]. It is the main protector and flagship of the Fleet, under direct command of [[William Adama]].
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| ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] is captured and held here for interrogation and, later, executed (TRS: "[[Flesh and Bone]]").
|-
| ''[[Gemini (RDM)|Gemini]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Used as a decoy in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] (TRS: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"). Later escorted through the star cluster (TRS: "The Passage").
|-
| ''[[Gideon]]'' || Supply ship || [[The Son Also Rises]] || A supply ship involved in an incident where four civilians are killed by ''Galactica'' [[Marines]] (TRS: "[[Resistance]]").
|-
| ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' || [[Refinery ship]] || Daybreak, Part II || The ship is the site of the worker's strike (TRS: "[[Dirty Hands]]") and a mutiny authorized by [[Tom Zarek]] (TRS: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").
|-
| ''[[Kimba Huta]]'' || Cold storage vessel || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II || Tom Zarek, Laura Roslin and Lee Adama hide out aboard this ship after Roslin's escape from ''Galactica'' (TRS: "[[The Farm]]").
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| ''[[Majahual]]'' || [[Mining ship]] || [[Scar]] || Mined crucial metals needed to build [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s several months after the attacks (TRS: "Scar").
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| ''[[Monarch]]'' || Mining ship || [[Collaborators]] || A mining ship that joins the [[Laura Roslin faction]] (TRS: "Home, Part I").
|-
| ''[[Prometheus (ship)|Prometheus]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Commanded by [[Doyle Franks]], ''Prometheus'' has a reputation as an "off the grid" freighter involved in the [[black market (organization)|black market]] (TRS: "[[Black Market]]").
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| ''[[Rebel Basestar]]'' || [[Basestar (RDM)#Modern Basestar|Basestar]], military || Daybreak, Part II || Basestar of the Rebel Cylons that joins the Fleet as part of an alliance against Cavil's forces, later officially joining the Fleet after the Quorum of Twelve is dissolved and the Quorum of Ships' Captains is created.
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|''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'' || Medical transport || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || A medical transport vessel in the fleet (TRS: "[[33]]", "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", "[[Scattered]]", "[[The Plan]]").
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| ''[[Striker]]'' || Scientific research || [[Home, Part II]] || Damaged in a refueling operation overseen by Captain [[George Birch]] (TRS: "Home, Part II").
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| ''[[Thera Sita]]'' || Freighter || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || A ship escorted by Apollo through a dense star cluster (TRS: "[[The Passage]]". Later, 301 passengers from the ship were transferred to ''Galactica'' while the ship was repaired (TRS: "[[The Woman King]]"
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| ''[[Triton_(civilian_ship)|Triton]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Sine Qua Non]] || Home "with a view" of [[Romo Lampkin]] (TRS: "Sine Qua Non")
|-
| ''[[Virgon Express]]'' || Salvage and repair || The Plan, [[Downloaded]] || Undergoes underway water replenishment from ''Galactica'' several days after the attacks (TRS: "[[Water]]").
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| ''[[Zephyr]]'' || Passenger liner || The Plan, Daybreak, Part II || Arguably the easiest identifiable civilian ship due to its large ring. It is severely damaged during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] (TRS: "[[He That Believeth In Me]]".
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==== Mentioned Only ====

Unless otherwise mentioned, the following ships are only listed on the [[:Image:Tally chalkboard.jpg|voting tally board]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".<ref>Note that the tally board in question contains inaccuracies regarding the number of votes, and thus should not be used to determine the population aboard each vessel.</ref>

Many of these ships are mentioned or featured again, as the production generated a master list for reference.

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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Adrasteia}}'' || In Greek mythology, [[w:Adrasteia|Adrasteia]] (also spelled Adrastia, Adrastea, Adrestea, and Adastreia) was a nymph who was charged by Rhea to raise the infant Zeus in secret to protect him from his father Cronus (Krónos) in the Dictaean cave.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Amduatey}}'' || The ship is named after the [[Wikipedia:Ancient Egypt|Ancient Egyptian]] [[Wikipedia:Amduat|Amduat]], which literally means "That Which is in the Afterworld". It was an important funeral text usually inscribed in the tombs of pharoahs. The Amduat told the story of the sun god [[Wikipedia:Ra|Ra]], who set in the evening and traveled through the underworld at night, only to rise again in the morning. It was understood that the dead pharaoh was taking the same journey, through the underworld, only to rise again with Ra as an immortal in the morning.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Aether}}'' || In Greek mythology, [[w:Aether (mythology)|Aether]] is one of the Protogenos (first-born). He is the personification of the "upper sky," space, and heaven, and the elemental god of the "Bright, Glowing, Upper Air." He is the pure upper air that the gods breathe, as opposed to regular air, the gloomy lower air of the Earth, which mortals breathe.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Argo Navis}}'' || Captained by [[Simpson Markson]], who is selected to be a judge at Gaius Baltar's trial <ref>The name and the ship are noted in the [[Sources:The Son Also Rises|script]] for "[[The Son Also Rises]]", but not mentioned on screen.</ref>. [[w:Argo Navis|Argo Navis]] was a large southern constellation representing the Argo, the ship used by Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology.
|-
|''[[Aurora (ship)|Aurora]]'' || A ship in the fleet that was home to a friend of [[Emily Kowalski]] {{TRS|Faith}}. 
In Roman mythology, [[w:Aurora (mythology)|Aurora]] is the goddess of dawn. This [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|goddess]] also exists within the series's own mythology.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Azimenarius}}'' || ''Azimenarius'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is not on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
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|''[[Baah Pakal]]'' || The XO of the ship was a friend of [[Saul Tigh]]'s. They held a pair of DDG-62 engines that would be used in the [[Blackbird]]'s construction {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}}. Later appeared on the master voting tally board on ''Galactica'' in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Boreas}}'' || Named for the [[w:Boreas|god of the north wind]] in Greek mythology. ''Boreas'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is absent from the master tally board on ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Breton}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Carillon Trader}}'' || In the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], [[Carillon]] is the infamous "casino planet" from "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Cassandra}}'' || Named for the [[w:Cassandra|daughter]] of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy who had the power of prophecy, but was cursed so that no one believed her.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Coba}}'' || ''Coba'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Clymene}}'' || ''Clymene'' is noted on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'', but is absent from the master tally board on ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Several women and deities in Greek myth are named [[wikipedia:Clymene|Clymene]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Dahshur}}'' || ''Dahshur'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Diomedes}}'' || ''Diomedes'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". Presumably named for the ancient hero of the Trojan War of the [[w:Diomedes|same name]].
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Embla Brokk}}'' || The name ''Embla Brokk'' may be derived from the names of two figures in Norse mythology: Embla, the first woman, and [[w:Brokkr|Brokkr]], a dwarf who helped create Draupnir (a magical ring) and [[w:Mjolnir|Mjolnir]] (Thor's hammer). ''Embla Brokk'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Enkidu}}'' || Among the first ships to navigate the star cluster to the [[algae planet]] {{TRS|The Passage}}. 
Named after the [[wikipedia:Enkidu|Enkidu]] of the [[wikipedia:Sumerian mythology|Sumerian mythological]] [[wikipedia:Epic of Gilgamesh|epic of Gilgamesh]].
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Epheme}}'' || The Epheme may be named for a minor character in Greek mythology who was nurse to the [[w:Muse|Muses]].
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|''[[Faru Sadin]]'' || Successfully guided through the [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]] to the algae planet by [[Louanne Katraine|Captain Louanne "Kat" Katraine]], who sacrifices her life in the process (The Passage).
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Freighter 212}}'' || A ship on which Lieutenant (later Captain) Louanne "Kat" Katraine apparently has some "buddies" {{TRS|Final Cut}}. 
Indications are that "Freighter 212" is merely the hull number for the ship, as this name is not written on either tally boards during the election in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Galatea}}'' || Probably named for a main character in the Greek myth of [[w:Pygmalion (mythology)|Pygmalion]]. Pygmalion, a sculptor, creates a statue of a woman, which is so beautiful that he falls in love with it, and the gods reward him by bringing her ([[w:Galatea (mythology)|Galatea]]) to life.
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|''[[Greenleaf]]'' || A freighter mentioned several times in the series ("[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Sacrifice]]", "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Harrak}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Hexare}}'' ||On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Inchon Velle}}'' || When [[Kara Thrace]] has disturbing dreams about [[Leoben]] and the [[Eye of Jupiter|mandala]] in her apartment, [[Karl Agathon]] suggests that she see a psychiatrist on ''Inchon Velle'' {{TRS|Maelstrom}}. Also where a [[Gerard|brain surgeon]] was brought over from to oversee [[Samuel T. Anders]]' brain surgery {{TRS|No Exit}}.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Kara Nixal}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Kiya}}'' || ''Kiya'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|McConnell}}'' || Commander [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] made runs to this ship in order to build up a stock pile of supplies for the [[black market (organization)|black market]] {{TRS|Black Market}}. The ship is on neither ''Colonial One'' nor ''Galactica'''s tally boards in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Mutem Wia}}'' || ''Mutem Wia'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Odysseus}}'' || Named for the [[w:Odysseus|hero]] in Greek mythology who fought in the Trojan War and was the subject of Homer's epic ''[[w:Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Persephone}}'' || ''Persephone'' is noted on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". [[w:Persephone|Persephone]] is the daughter of the goddess [[w:Demeter|Demeter]]. She is forced to marry the god of the underworld, [[w:Hades|Hades]], but Demeter works out a compromise where Persephone is allowed to return to the world of the living for a portion of the year.
|-
|''[[Picon 36]]'' || Presumed to have jumped away with the FTL-capable ships in the [[Miniseries]]. Chances are, this is just a hull number for another ship in one of these lists.
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Picon Princess}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Rhadamanthys}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Salpica}}'' || In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended cut]] of "[[Unfinished Business]]", ''Salpica'' is mentioned as the ship [[Samuel Anders]] lives on after the escape from New Caprica and before moving permanently to ''Galactica''.
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Sargon}}'' || May be named after either [[w:Sargon I (Assyrian king)|Sargon I]] or [[wikipedia:Sargon II|Sargon II]], ancient Assyrian kings on Earth.
 Seen only on the voting tally boards in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Scorpia Traveller}}'' || After disembarking from ''Scorpia Traveller'', a copy of the humanoid Cylon [[Aaron Doral]] evades security checkpoints, nearly succeeding in the assassination of [[William Adama]] in a suicide bombing {{TRS|Litmus}}. The ship is not on either tally board in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Swordfish}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tarbadek}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|-
|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tauranian Traveller}}'' || Mentioned in a deleted scene in "[[33]]". Later, its name is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tora Bashiri}}'' || "Tora bashiri" is Japanese for "tiger's run." It is a term used in [[wikipedia:Iaido|Iaido]], a Japanese martial art. The ship's name is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Vena Capa}}'' || ''Vena Capa'' is on the master tally board on ''Galactica'', but not on the whiteboard voting tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Virga}}'' || ''Virga'' is on the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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|''{{inlineref|bold=N|Ziusudra}}'' || On the voting tally boards on both ''Colonial One'' and ''Galactica'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
|}

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==== Destroyed Before Reaching Earth ====

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| ''[[Adriatic|Adriatic]]'' || Unknown || [[The Passage]] || A member of the Roslin faction armed with ship-to-ship missiles {{TRS|Home, Part I}}. Lost in transit in a [[Passage (star cluster)|star cluster]].
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| ''[[Carina]]'' || ''[[Flattop]]''-type salvage and repair ship || The Passage || Lost in transit in a star cluster.
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| ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' || [[Luxury liner]], civilian/government || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || The ship is destroyed by a nuclear warhead detonated by [[Gina Inviere]], resulting in the destruction of at least three other ships.
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| ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' || Luxury liner || [[33]] || Destroyed by [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] after an apparent Cylon takeover.
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| ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' || [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]], military || [[Exodus, Part II]] || Surviving crew and planes absorbed by ''Galactica''.
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| ''[[Pyxis]]'' || Luxury liner || [[He That Believeth In Me]] || Commanded by Captain [[Jules Tarney]], this ship is successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]], but later destroyed in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] resulting in 600 deaths.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Colonial Movers || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || One of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Yellow Vessel || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || Two of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Unknown}} || Long-necked Vessel || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] || Three of three known ships destroyed in the ''Cloud Nine'' disaster.

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==== Ships Not Part of ''Galactica'''s Fleet ====

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| ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' || Agricultural and transport vessel || [[Miniseries]] || A sublight-only vessel that is destroyed by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] after the Fall, before Roslin's fleet rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar]].
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| ''[[Diana (TRS)|Diana]]'' || Gemenese civilian transport || Mentioned only || First Cylon War. Ship's crew and passengers were abducted by the Cylons for experimentation.
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| ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Miniseries]] || Abandoned after the passengers and crew are evacuated to ''Colonial One'', an unnamed flat top, and an unnamed transport.
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| ''[[Scylla]]'' || Civilian transport || [[Razor]] || One of a small fleet of ships encountered by the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.
|}

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==Population Demographics==
A few points of information are available concerning the demographics of the Fleet. In "[[33]]", before the destruction of the Olympic Carrier, there are 5,251 survivors from Sagittaron and 49,998 total survivors. In "[[Home, Part I]]", the [[Laura Roslin faction]] leaves the Fleet with 18,000 individuals, of which 9,500 ware Gemenese and 6,250 were Capricans. At that time the total population of the Fleet is 47,857. This information is sparse, but it gives a general idea of the population breakdown of the Fleet if a few assumptions are made for the sake of argument.
*Note that Gemenon and Caprica have more citizens in the Roslin faction alone than Sagittaron has in the entire Fleet. The Twelve Colonies are clearly not represented in equal proportion.
*Before the destruction of ''Olympic Carrier'', Sagittaron natives make up 10.50% of the Fleet. Solely for the purpose of argument, it is assumed that ''Olympic Carrier'''s population breakdown was identical to the rest of the Fleet's and that Sagittaron continues to make up 10.50% of the Fleet's total population.
*The figures from the Roslin faction can be interpreted in several ways:
<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics1.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 1: All Gemenese and Capricans jump to Kobol with the Roslin faction.
::*Caprica: 6,250 persons (13%)
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (20%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 27,081 (57%) 
<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics2.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 2: All Gemenese jump to Kobol with the Roslin faction, lured by the "religion card", but the Caprican portion of the Roslin faction is representative of the Fleet.
::*Caprica: 28,204 persons (59%)
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (20%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 5,127 persons (11%) 
<div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics3.png]]</div>
:*ASSUMPTION 3: Caprican and Gemenese portions of the Roslin faction are representative of the Fleet.
::*Caprica: 16,617 persons (35%)
::*Gemenon: 25,258 persons (53%)
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (11%)
::*Others: 956 (2%) 
*Although it is plausible that the Caprican population is substantially larger than the other Colonies, as ''Colonial Heavy 798'' is in the vicinity when the attack begins, and is the nucleus around which the Fleet rallies, it is unlikely that the populations of each colony are grossly unequal, or else the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] would be a very poor system of government. The likeliest scenario is therefore somewhere in between assumptions 1 and 2, with nearly all of the Gemenon population (drawn by the "religion card") and a large portion of the Caprican population leaving with Roslin.
*Alternatively, it is possible that the population of the Colonies are grossly unequal. Although the structure of the Quorum of Twelve appears to maintain at least a fiction that the Colonies are roughly equal, next to nothing is known about how the [[Government|governmental]] system of the Colonies was established or how it evolved over time. Indeed, the United States Senate, for example, by design expressly assumes that the various states constituting it are 'equal' even though this is clearly not the case in terms of their respective populations. Furthermore, the fact that a system of government is 'poor' or else not representatively proportional does not mean it cannot actually be implemented and even survive for long periods of time.
*In the [[Caprica pilot|''Caprica'' pilot]], it is revealed that Caprica and Gemenon are in very close proximity. Since the Fleet formed up around ''Colonial One'', which was in the vicinity of Caprica at the time of the attack, the over-representation of the Caprican and Gemenese portion of the Fleet is now explained.

As for the population distribution, the population of several ships is known: ''Galactica'' (2,693 as of "[[Water]]"), ''Olympic Carrier'' (1,345 as of "[[33]]"), ''Astral Queen'' (1,500 as of "[[Bastille Day]]", [[List of retcons (RDM)|retconned]] up from 500 in the Miniseries) and ''Pyxis'' (600 when destroyed in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]"). There are 176 civilians in the cargo hold of ''[[Colonial One]]'' in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". The Fleet is stated at about 75 ships in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]", retconned up from 40 in the Miniseries.
*Going by the 75 ship count, the remaining ships besides ''Galactica'' and ''Astral Queen'' each carry about 600 persons on average.
*The 23 ships that leave with the [[Laura Roslin faction]], apart from ''Astral Queen'', would have an average population of about 720 persons per ship.

The Fleet's population has declined by about 8,000 since the above.

== Analysis ==

* By the time of Felix Gaeta's and Tom Zarek's mutiny aboard ''Galactica'' {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}, dialogue indicates that the Fleet is down to the very low figure of 35 civilian ships, a surprising loss of about half the initial ships from "[[33]]". Most of these losses remain unaccounted for, as very few civilian ships have been seen or heard to be actually lost on screen. Given that the human population has only declined by about one fifth at this point rather than a similar half, this could be a continuity error or retcon, or the remaining ships would have had to nearly double the number of civilians aboard to compensate. It is possible in the context of the dialogue in the episode that the figure of 35 referred only to the number of ships initially loyal to the mutineers.
* The political and social troubles befalling the Fleet as it wanders through space, serve as a metaphor for all of humanity, since the Fleet literally ''is'' what is left of humanity in the television series.

==See Also==
* [[Gemon Liners]]
* [[Pan Galactic]]
* [[Saggitarian Spaceways]]
* [[Five-engined vessel]]
* [[Wedge-shaped vessel]]
* [[Tubed vessel]]
* [[Two-engine cargo vessel]]
* ''"[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]"'' - The ship itself is [[Yellow vessel|unnamed]], but clearly identifiable as ''Kodiak'', the command ship of the GDI faction from ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]''.

==Notes==
*Unofficially, many viewers refer to the Fleet as the "RTF"; "Rag-Tag Fleet", or more fully, "RTFF." These nicknames come from the term "Rag-Tag Fugitive Fleet," a name used in the closing credits voice over of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] (performed by series star [[Lorne Greene]]), describing the [[The Fleet (TOS)|civilian refugee fleet]].
* In the [[Miniseries]], astute viewers may recognize three spacecraft with notable resemblances of ships from other SF universes. The first two of these ships aren't considered a [[Canon|canonical]] part of the series or the Fleet, but their appearance adds a bit of humor, and pays homage to other notable science fiction and their creative staff.
:* ''Serenity'', the central ship from the TV series ''[[Wikipedia:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' and the motion picture ''[[Wikipedia:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]'', [[:md:Image:SerenityBSGMini.JPG|appears briefly in the sky]] outside the window of a doctor's office where viewers first see [[Laura Roslin]]. The ship does not appear in the Fleet.
:* The original USS [[MemoryAlpha:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] from the original ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' TV series makes a cameo in the [[:md:Image:Enterprise in fleet.jpg|last shot of the Fleet]] as [[Elosha]] chants a prayer in the memorial service near the end of the Miniseries. Look to the upper right corner for the ship in a still frame. All Season 1 [[opening credits]] use this shot, so ''Enterprise'' makes a very quick appearance with each of the first 13 episodes (This is best viewed from the [[Season 1 DVD]] set).
:*The ill-fated [[Botanical Cruiser]] in the Miniseries was added in homage to the [[Agro Ship]] from the Original Series, which in turn were the re-used models from the SF film ''[[Wikipedia:Silent Running|Silent Running]]'', a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior. At least one FTL-capable version of this ship survives and exists in the Fleet {{TRS|The Passage}}.
:* It is worth noting that inconsistencies of fleet numbers and on-screen visual representing. While dialogue in Season 1 and through to mid-Season 2, indicates between '''64''' and '''75''' ships, a count of every background ship until the end of the series will give you at least '''82''' ships, even accounting for losses in earlier episodes. This discrepancy was never addressed throughout the run of the series as it appears each season just added new ships or additional sister vessels to onscreen ones depending on the episode.

* [[Battlestar Galactica Blue Prints|A list of blueprints]] of ships in the Fleet is available.
** These are considered non-canon.
* In a deleted scene from [[Litmus]], the ''Coronis'', as a ship carrying people who are unhappy about being last in food ration distribution, is mentioned. However, it is not present on either the master tally board on ''Galactica'' or the whiteboard tracker on ''Colonial One'' in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II". As ''Coronis'' has not been mentioned in any canonical capacity, it is considered totally abandoned by the producers.
** In Greek mythology [[w:Coronis (Greek mythology)|Coronis]] is the name of several figures.

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Oswyn Eriku

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'''Oswyn Eriku''' was the delegate of Libran in the aftermath of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Attacks on the Twelve Colonies]]. During the election of the interim Vice President, he voted for Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] "{{TRS|Colonial Day}}".

Eriku joined the Quorum of Twelve in journeying to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' following the arrest of President [[Laura Roslin]] to see Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] regarding the disruption to the leadership of the Fleet "{{TRS|Fragged}}".

===Notes===
*''Oswyn Eriku was portrayed by an unnamed extra''.

Raptor 312

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CoreyDanian: Adjustment.

'''Raptor 312''' is a [[Raptor]] assigned to ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] and [[ECO]] [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]].

It flies in formation with Capt. [[Lee Adama]] and a Viper squadron in the ship's decommissioning ceremony.

It is later called into duty with Capt. [[Jackson Spencer]]'s ill-fated squadron during the first hours of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The ship is pursued by {{RDM|Cylons|Cylon}} {{RDM|Raider}}s and damaged by shrapnel from a missile, forcing it to land on {{RDM|Caprica}}, ostensively on the furthest outskirts of [[Caprica City]]. Its crew make repairs, not expecting to serve as a life boat of a few civilians selected by lottery, including [[Gaius Baltar]]. Agathon remains on Caprica in exchange for the extra weight of Baltar, believing that Baltar's genius was more important to the survival of the human race.

After being rescued by newly sworn-in President [[Laura Roslin]]'s caravan, 312 aids in finding other stranded civilian ships before rejoining ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]], thus establishing {{RDM|the Fleet}} {{TRS|Miniseries}}.

== Notes ==

* Sharon Valerii and Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] use the dubious functionality of a "landing gimbal" from 312 as pretext for intimate relations {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
* When Tyrol refers to a Raptor which Valerii had piloted on 47 missions, he may be referring to either Raptor 312 {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}} or [[Raptor 478]] {{TRS|33|Water}}. It is unknown the reason for the change in numbers between the "Miniseries" and the "33".

== Related Imagery ==

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Image:Vlcsnap-2012-04-13-12h39m18s72.png |Unusual bubble-canopy seen on Raptor 312 on {{RDM|Caprica}} {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
Image:Vlcsnap-2012-04-13-12h55m55s59.png |[[Sharon Valerii]] reluctantly leaves [[Karl Agathon]] behind on irradiated Caprica in exchange for [[Gaius Baltar]] {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
Image:Vlcsnap-2012-04-13-12h38m22s26.png | After an emergency landing on Caprica during [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], Agathon looks on as Valerii implements emergency hull and fuel-line repairs {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
Image:Vlcsnap-2012-04-13-12h34m35s62.png | Front pilot display showing multiple warnings directly after taking shrapnel damage after the slaughter of ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} original [[Viper Mark VII]] squadron {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
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Gemenon Traveler

2021-01-22T11:19:47Z

CoreyDanian: /* Notes */

{{Ship Data
| image= SixTubedVessel2.jpg
| title= Gemenon Traveler
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Freighter/Transport
| status= Unknown
| length= {{Feet2Meters|197}}
| width= {{Feet2Meters|58}}
| height= {{Feet2Meters|71}}
}}

The '''''Gemenon Traveler''''' is a heavy cargo transport in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] escaped to this ship during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|Flesh and Bone|The Plan|}}

Ten days after the attack on the Colonies, Conoy had managed to crack the military [[wireless]] transmissions. Seventeen days after the attacks, shortly after the announcement that Cylons look like humans, two marines were handing pictures of [[Aaron Doral]] and Leoben to passengers onboard. After overhearing the marines, Leoben passed two civilians who then ran into the marines and said they just saw him. Conoy was forced into hiding.

Twenty-four days after the attacks, Leoben had conversed with [[Number One|Brother Cavil]] about his belief in [[Kara Thrace]] following the capture of a Cylon Raider eight days earlier. The conversation was cut short when Conoy was captured.

Twenty-five days after the attacks, the captain of the ''Gemenon Traveler'' contacted President [[Laura Roslin]] about Conoy. She then ordered Commander [[William Adama]] to send Lieutenant Thrace to subsequently interrogate the Cylon, who was soon executed {{TRS|Flesh and Bone}}.

The ship's name was present on the voting tally boards on ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' and ''[[Colonial One]]'' {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}

==Notes==
*In "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", the ship's name is spelled as ''Gemenon Traveller'' on the voting boards aboard ''Galactica'' and ''Colonial One''.
*The ship was first named in production for vessels that eventually became ''[[Kimba Huta]]'' {{TRS|The Farm}} and ''[[Thera Sita]]'' {{TRS|The Passage}}. But when "Flesh and Bone" was released, the ''Gemenon Traveler'' was redesigned with a greenish hull and the engines where grafted to the hull. It had not made another appearance throughout the entire series until "The Plan".

== Gemenon Traveler Blue Prints ==

[http://media.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:Gemanon_Traveller.png]
==Related Imagery==
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:GemeonTraveler Bridge.jpg|The ship's bridge {{TRS|Flesh and Bone}}
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[[de:Gemenon Traveler]]

Gemenon Traveler

2021-01-21T07:45:08Z

CoreyDanian: /* Notes */ Wrong variant.

{{Ship Data
| image= SixTubedVessel2.jpg
| title= Gemenon Traveler
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Freighter/Transport
| status= Unknown
| length= {{Feet2Meters|197}}
| width= {{Feet2Meters|58}}
| height= {{Feet2Meters|71}}
}}

The '''''Gemenon Traveler''''' is a heavy cargo transport in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] escaped to this ship during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|Flesh and Bone|The Plan|}}

Ten days after the attack on the Colonies, Conoy had managed to crack the military [[wireless]] transmissions. Seventeen days after the attacks, shortly after the announcement that Cylons look like humans, two marines were handing pictures of [[Aaron Doral]] and Leoben to passengers onboard. After overhearing the marines, Leoben passed two civilians who then ran into the marines and said they just saw him. Conoy was forced into hiding.

Twenty-four days after the attacks, Leoben had conversed with [[Number One|Brother Cavil]] about his belief in [[Kara Thrace]] following the capture of a Cylon Raider eight days earlier. The conversation was cut short when Conoy was captured.

Twenty-five days after the attacks, the captain of the ''Gemenon Traveler'' contacted President [[Laura Roslin]] about Conoy. She then ordered Commander [[William Adama]] to send Lieutenant Thrace to subsequently interrogate the Cylon, who was soon executed {{TRS|Flesh and Bone}}.

The ship's name was present on the voting tally boards on ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' and ''[[Colonial One]]'' {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}

==Notes==
The ship was first named in production for vessels that eventually became ''[[Kimba Huta]]'' {{TRS|The Farm}} and ''[[Thera Sita]]'' {{TRS|The Passage}}. But when "Flesh and Bone" was released, the ''Gemenon Traveler'' was redesigned with a greenish hull and the engines where grafted to the hull. It had not made another appearance throughout the entire series until "The Plan".

== Gemenon Traveler Blue Prints ==

[http://media.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:Gemanon_Traveller.png]
==Related Imagery==
<gallery mode="slideshow">
Image:GemeonTraveler Bridge.jpg|The ship's bridge {{TRS|Flesh and Bone}}
</gallery>

{{Ships}}

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Geller

2021-01-16T11:16:46Z

CoreyDanian: Fixing up

{{Character Data
|photo=Geller.jpg
|seen=Greetings from Earth
|role=[[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council]] Representative
|actor=[[Murray Matheson]]
}}

[[Sire]] '''Geller''' is a member of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of Twelve]], leading the members in protesting the policies of {{TOS|Adama}} at the time [[Michael]], [[Sarah]], and their children from [[Terra]] are brought aboard. At the time, he was very vocal and influential member, albeit is embarrassed publicly in front of the entire [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] for the loss of the Terrans' ship.

Geller isn't fond of Lieutenant {{TOS|Starbuck}} and Captain {{TOS|Apollo}} either , likely due to their loyalty to Adama {{OS|Greetings from Earth}}.

== Notes ==

* Geller's absence from the next episode "[[Baltar's Escape]]" is unknown, though it's speculated he was either ejected from the Council or left due to embarrassment over the situation with the encounter from fleeing Terrans. The actual reason may have more to do with the scheduling of actor Murray Matheson, as the script for "Baltar's Escape" features Geller; instead, the newly created Sire [[Domra]] takes his place in the aired episode.
* Murray Matheson was the voice of [[Specter]] in "[[The Young Lords]]", though is not credited as such in the episode.

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Geller

2021-01-16T11:16:03Z

CoreyDanian: Got rid of the somewhat bias nature of the article.

{{Character Data
|photo=Geller.jpg
|seen=Greetings from Earth
|role=[[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum]] Representative
|actor=[[Murray Matheson]]
}}

[[Sire]] '''Geller''' is a member of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of Twelve]], leading the members in protesting the policies of {{TOS|Adama}} at the time [[Michael]], [[Sarah]], and their children from [[Terra]] are brought aboard. At the time, he was very vocal and influential member, albeit is embarrassed publicly in front of the entire [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] for the loss of the Terrans' ship.

Geller isn't fond of Lieutenant {{TOS|Starbuck}} and Captain {{TOS|Apollo}} either ("Do we have to have those two?"), likely due to their loyalty to Adama {{OS|Greetings from Earth}}.

== Notes ==

* Geller's absence from the next episode "[[Baltar's Escape]]" is unknown, though it's speculated he was either ejected from the Council or left due to embarrassment over the situation with the encounter from fleeing Terrans. The actual reason may have more to do with the scheduling of actor Murray Matheson, as the script for "Baltar's Escape" features Geller; instead, the newly created Sire [[Domra]] takes his place in the aired episode.
* Murray Matheson was the voice of [[Specter]] in "[[The Young Lords]]", though is not credited as such in the episode.

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Unnamed characters (TOS)

2021-01-16T08:57:30Z

CoreyDanian: /* Fleet */ Hope this works

Unnamed characters (TOS)

2021-01-16T08:52:36Z

CoreyDanian: /* Fleet */ Adding this individual too. Just need to upload images.

Unnamed characters (TOS)

2021-01-16T08:46:21Z

CoreyDanian: /* Security */ Not Paul Cauffo