Colonial One

2006-03-18T05:31:35Z

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[[Image:BSG-Colonial-One.jpg|thumb|Colonial One, originally known as Colonial Heavy 798 (credit: Zoic Studios & FXstation.com ©Universal)]]

Type: Passenger Starliner 
Length: 277 feet 
Width: 49 feet 
Height: 72 feet 
Capacity: Approx 100-150 standard; up to 500 under emergency conditions 
Propulsion: 2 x sublight engines; 4 x commercial-rated [[FTL]] drive pods; manouvering thrusters.

The Colonial [[Government]] chartered an [[Intersun]] starliner, designated ''Colonial Heavy 798'', for ferrying Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], her staff and members of the [[Fleet News Service|Colonial press]] to and from the decommissioning ceremonies for the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.

Once the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] began and many civilian transports, including ''Colonial Heavy 798'', were stranded with nowhere to go, the starliner engages in rescue missions under the direct orders of Secretary Roslin, locating and gathering other civilian vessels marooned in space around the vicinity of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].

With [[Case Orange|confirmation]] that President Adar and the rest of his cabinet are either dead or missing from the attacks, [[Laura Roslin]] is sworn-in as the new President, and ''Colonial Heavy 798'' is re-named ''Colonial One'', in recognition of its status in transporting the President. While this ordinary starliner probably lacks many of the facilities and systems the original ''Colonial One'' would have boasted, Roslin has nevertheless made it her base of operations, thus helping to keep her civilian administration physically distinct from [[William Adama|William Adama's]] military leadership.

After the [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|election]] to determine President [[Richard Adar|Adar]]'s legitimate successor (Roslin having served out the remainder of Adar's term) results in the victory of [[Gaius Baltar]], ''Colonial One'' becomes his office and residence. When [[New Caprica]] is settled ''Colonial One'' is one of the few ships to land permanently on the planet, touching down on a hilltop overlooking the settlement on the planet. A year after his election, Baltar has all but done away with the modesty of Roslin's office on the ship. He remakes it resemble his old house on Caprica, replacing Roslin's simple desk with an extravagant wood desk, her office chair with a decorated leather seat, her back office with a heram and the population-count white board with a picture of himself.

==Design Characteristics==
''Colonial One'' is a standard Caprican-designed starliner converted for the new government's use as a long-range transport. Its normal passenger capacity has been reduced to accommodate the offices and cabins required by government personnel. Civilian passengers on ''Colonial One'' reside in converted sections of the liner.

A large main cabin aboard the ship provides seating accommodation for dignitaries and press alike, while forward of this are small, more personal quarters reserved for ministers and their guests. Despite its conversion for government use, ''Colonial One'' retains its own docking bay, large enough to take a Colonial shuttle, and also boasts a cargo hold big enough to house a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]-sized craft ([[Miniseries]]).

==Cinematic Trivia==
[[Image:ColonialOneSeal.jpg|right|thumb|''Colonial One'' sporting the Presidential seal in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]"]]
The cockpit of ''Colonial One'' is a redressed original Space Shuttle Orbiter cockpit simulator. The current Orbiter fleet have since been refurbished with [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/sts101_new_cockpit.html newer cockpits.]

The ship is always seen flying next to the Galactica perhaps because the ship would be well protected from this place.

The passenger area of the ship is modeled after the interior of the Pan Am ''Clipper Orion'' space shuttle seen ferrying Dr. Floyd into orbit in the movie ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.

The ship was intentionally painted in the color scheme of the real world [[Wikipedia:Air Force One|Air Force One]] to evoke more of that "real world" feel from the series.

Half way through [[Season One|season one]], the ''Colonial One'' CG model was updated and the seal of the President of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]] was added to the dorsal "hump" at the bow of the ship. The reuse of stock footage from early in season one and the Miniseries, however causes the seal to continually appear and disappear at random intervals.

''Colonial One'''s cargo bay, as seen in the [[Miniseries]], was actually the car deck of a [[Wikipedia:BC Ferries|BC Ferries]] [[Wikipedia:V class ferry|V Class]] car and passenger ferry.

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