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		<title>Callandra Tyrol</title>
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|marital status=Married to [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
|role=Union organizer, Formerly Deckhand, Deck Crew 5, &#039;&#039;[[Original battlestar (RDM)|Battlestar]] [[Galactica]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
|rank=Specialist&lt;br /&gt;
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Specialist &#039;&#039;&#039;Cally&#039;&#039;&#039; is a deckhand aboard [[Original battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; assigned to Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]. At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies]], she is attached to Deck Crew 5. She is responsible for [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and [[Raptor]] maintenance ([[Mini-Series]]). She is particularly adept at finding ways around the  lack of replacement parts aboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, seen in her jury-rigging of several Vipers and Raptors.  Cally only joined the [[Colonial Fleet]] as a means to pay for dental school ([[Fragged]]).  According to [[Ronald D. Moore]]&#039;s blog, Cally&#039;s term of required service ended at the same time that &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; was to be decomissioned, and she was about to be honorably discharged and return to civilian life when the Cylons attacked, ending those plans.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Biography==&lt;br /&gt;
Cally is part of a &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; team sent to the &#039;&#039;[[Astral Queen]]&#039;&#039; in order to enlist the help of convicts in ice mining operations ([[Bastille Day]]). Taken captive by the escaped immates, she is nearly raped by prisoner [[Mason]], who shoots her after she bites his ear off in defense. Cally is returned to &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; [[sickbay]] for treatment, where she was given the nickname &amp;quot;Specialist Lazy&amp;quot; in jest by her comrades.  It appears that Cally is not fond of FTL Jumps ([[Miniseries]]), possibly because she suffers nausea during them ([[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part I]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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Less than a week later, Cally had returned to duty aboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;.  When it was revealed that Cylons can [[Cylon agent|take human form]] she argued against [[Jammer]]&#039;s paranoia-mongering, pointing out that that is exactly what the Cylons want.  Along with the rest of the deck crew, she then lied under oath to protect the Chief ([[Litmus]]).  For the next several weeks, Cally would assist Chief Tyrol in examining the [[You Can&#039;t Go Home Again|captured]] Cylon Raider brought aboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).  Cally later celebrates with the rest of the crew on the flight deck when the Viper squadrons return from their sucessful mission against a Cylon refinery base, to secure more [[tylium]] supplies for the fleet ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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Cally is later selected to join a Raptor Scout team bound for [[Kobol]] ([[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part I]]). Her Raptor is attacked upon emerging from a [[FTL|Jump]], resulting in a crash on Kobol. As one of the few that was relatively unhurt, she is charged with caring for the injured crewmen. Cally later returns to the crash site with Chief Tyrol and [[Tarn]], and barely makes it back alive with a medkit for [[Socinus]] ([[Scattered]]). However, it is too late to save Socinus and Tyrol administers [[Morpha]] to aid him in a painless death, which greatly saddens Cally ([[Valley of Darkness]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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Cally seems as prone to anger after a terrible event as Chief Tyrol, but unlike him, she tends to take direct action as a result, rather than becoming immobile or overly irrational.&lt;br /&gt;
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While stranded, [[Crashdown]] attempts to lead a hopeless attack on a [[Cylon Centurion]] anti-aircraft emplacement, and gives Cally an assuredly suicidal order to draw the Centurions&#039; fire.  Cally is so terrified at carrying out the impossible order that she freezes in place instead of advancing.  Losing control and showing his imcompetence in leadership, Crashdown points a gun at Cally&#039;s head and threatens to shoot her if she does not obey.  Just before Crashdown counts to three to shoot Cally, Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] shoots him in the back, killing Crashdown instantly.  The group fights a running battle with the Centurions to reach and destroy the [[Dradis]] dish supporting the Cylon gun emplacement.  [[Seelix]] is shot, but Cally saves her life by carrying her further ahead.  A rescue team of Raptors arrives, and Cally returns to &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; with the survivors ([[Fragged]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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Cally&#039;s anger transfers to Baltar when Tyrol was arrested and accused of being a Cylon himself due to his past relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]], and threatens to reveal Baltar&#039;s part in Crashdown&#039;s death if Baltar does not act to clear Tyrol&#039;s name. Cally later shoots and kills the &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; copy of Sharon Valerii because she is outraged that Chief Tyrol was thrown in the brig and was wrongly suspected of being a Cylon because of her ([[Resistance]]).  Cally is imprisoned in the [[brig]].  At Tyrol&#039;s request, Commander Adama gives Cally a lenient sentence of 30 days for &amp;quot;discharging a firearm without permission&amp;quot; ([[The Farm]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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[[image:Flight_of_the_phoenix-Welcome_Back.jpg|thumb|left|Various crew members throw a party for Cally&#039;s return to normal service.]]&lt;br /&gt;
After her 30 day sentence is finished, Cally is released from the brig, and a welcome back party is thrown for her on the [[Hangar Deck|hangar deck]] by the deck crew.  Chief Tyrol was still upset with her for killing Boomer, though Cally is grateful to the Chief for putting in a good word for her with Adama.  She aids Tyrol in the construction of the [[Blackbird]]. By the time they finish construction, he reconciles with her ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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Along with the rest of the crew, Cally is jubilant when the long-thought destroyed battlestar &#039;&#039;[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]&#039;&#039; finds &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;.  However, she is disgusted when several drunken &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; crewmen brag about repeatedly raping the captured [[Humano-Cylon|Cylon agent]] known as [[Gina]], a reaction probably made stronger for her because she herself survived an [[Bastille Day|attempted rape]].  Chief Tyrol and Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl &amp;quot;Helo&amp;quot; Agathon]] are arrested and taken aboard &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; for causing the accidental death of &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039; &#039;&#039; Lt. [[Alistair Thorne]] after they stop him from raping the incarcerated but cooperative Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii.  Cally pleads with [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] to do something about the incident when Adama learns that Admiral [[Helena Cain]] intends to execute Tyrol and Helo. Adama dismisses her with quiet purpose (&amp;quot;You have work to do&amp;quot;) as he prepares the battlestar to engage the militant admiral&#039;s command with his older Viper squadrons ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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The standoff with &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; was averted when it was decided that attacking the large Cylon fleet they had detected should be their first priority, and Tyrol and Helo&#039;s executions were put on hold.  Cally assisted the newly assigned Pegasus deck chief, [[Peter Laird]], in readying all of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Vipers for the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|upcoming battle]].  After Commander Adama came down to the hangar deck to confer with Laird on the status of the preparations, Adama took Cally aside and questioned her about Laird.  Cally revealed to Adama that Laird was a civilian, and that it was rumored that &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; had its own civilian refugee fleet in the past, but something happened to them.  This prompted Adama to send Col. Tigh to Col. [[Jack Fisk]] to pump him for information about the civilian fleet that Admiral Cain had abandonded, sealing Adama&#039;s decision to try to eliminate Cain as a threat to his own civilian fleet ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).  Cally and Chief Tyrol would later discover that the Vipers&#039; ammunition had been sabotaged by the Cylon-sympathizer [[Demand Peace]] movement ([[Epiphanies]]). Later, the two uncover a storage crate with a [[Rya Kibby|stowaway]] inside ([[The Captain&#039;s Hand]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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Two weeks before the presidential election, Cally found Tyrol sleeping tumultuously on the hangar deck while it was empty.  She woke him up while he was in the midst of a suicidal nighmare, and the delusional Tyrol proceed to give Cally a savage beating, quickly pummeling her into a bloody mess and knocking her unconscious.  After a moment Tyrol came to his senses, was shocked by what he had just done, and ran Cally to sickbay carrying her in his arms  ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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Cally had to have her jaw wired shut, but she forgave Tyrol and said she always cared about him.  Interestingly, her feelings for Tyrol were apparently known to [[Cavil]] prior to his exposure as a Cylon agent.  ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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A year later on [[New Caprica]], Cally is presumed married to Tyrol and pregnant with his child ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
*In the DVD commentary for &amp;quot;[[Bastille Day]]&amp;quot;, David Eick and Ron D. Moore elaborate on the increased role of Cally as the series progressed from the Miniseries through season 2:&lt;br /&gt;
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:Eick: Nicki Clyne, who you see here playing Cally, was somebody who in the Miniseries, I remember Michael (Rymer) and I cast just on the basis of her look, &#039;cause we thought she was really cute, she kind of reminded us of a young [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001167/ Shelley Duvall]. [...] she turned out to be so good that we— in launching the series we started talking about ways to involve her and I&#039;m very proud of a moment coming up where she does something rather nasty, that...&lt;br /&gt;
:RDM: Well she almost died! &#039;&#039;&#039;She was gonna die in the intial drafts of this&#039;&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
:Eick: That&#039;s right! He kills her! He rapes and kills her! And they&#039;re telling us we&#039;re too dark &#039;&#039;this&#039;&#039; year.&lt;br /&gt;
:RDM: Oh, I know. The second season is so much darker. And I don&#039;t think they even care.  Yeah, Cally, Nicki, I hate to tell ya, but the bullseye was on Nicki here. And I can&#039;t even tell you why we decided it was, no I take that back I think it was your note; you said you wanted Cally to fight back and really show some balls in this scene. She bit his ear off...&lt;br /&gt;
:Eick: I said, &amp;quot;She bites his frakking ear off&amp;quot; and I was totally being...you know, just &#039;&#039;illustrative&#039;&#039;! I didn&#039;t really mean it!&lt;br /&gt;
:RDM: And I wrote, &amp;quot;she bites his ear off&amp;quot;!&lt;br /&gt;
:Eick: &amp;quot;And I got the draft, and she bites his ear off! I was like &amp;quot;that&#039;s great!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
:RDM: &#039;&#039;&#039;And from that moment on, I think, she really became part of the show&#039;&#039;&#039;. In a real sense, once she had gone through that and survived, and you know Tyrol and the gang come in and see her in the hospital at the end you kind of felt like she is one of the family.&lt;br /&gt;
:Eick: Yeah, and she&#039;s taken on, in season 2 actually, a much, much, &#039;&#039;much&#039;&#039; more prominent role. You have no idea how prominent a role.&lt;br /&gt;
:RDM: Which is really illustrative of the rise and fall of characters. I mean [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]] we thought going in was just going to be part of the show, and we just never really got our feet underneath us in terms of his storyline and really how it fit into it, and Cally who&#039;s just this &#039;other mechanic&#039; at the beginning, who&#039;s just hanging around with Tyrol becomes a key element and part of the fabric of the show itself. &lt;br /&gt;
*In the DVD commentary for &amp;quot;Bastille Day&amp;quot;, RDM revealed how he came up with names for deckhands [[Cally]], [[Socinus]], and [[Prosna]]:  &amp;quot;They were all names I pulled out of an &#039;ancient names internet site&#039;. I literally, I found something on the internet that would give me like &#039;ancient names&#039;, I went through it and found &#039;&#039;those&#039;&#039; names. It was like ancient Greek and Roman...somethings. They might be, for all I know they&#039;re names for utensils, or something like that...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*The [[Mini-Series]] novelization gives her full name as &amp;quot;Jane Cally.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>The Fleet (TRS)</title>
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&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;For information on the military fleet of the Twelve Colonies before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], see [[Colonial Fleet]]. For information on the rag-tag fugitive Fleet of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[The Fleet (TOS)]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;The Fleet&#039;&#039;&#039; is the convoy of ships that contain what is effectively the last survivors of humanity after the [[Cylon Attack]]. The Fleet forms the backdrop of the drama of [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series]].  Unofficially, off-screen many viewers also refer to the Fleet as the &amp;quot;RTF&amp;quot;; &amp;quot;Rag Tag Fleet&amp;quot;, or more fully, &amp;quot;RTFF&amp;quot;; &amp;quot;Rag Tag Fugitive Fleet&amp;quot;, a holdover name used in the voiceover for the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet of the Original Series]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;The Fleet&amp;quot; begins as a convoy of about sixty stranded commercial and civilian ships around the area of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] assembled by new President [[Laura Roslin]] in the immediate aftermath of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]] ([[Miniseries]]). Of these ships, only a handful were Colonial military craft, such as [[Raptor 478]] and three [[Viper (RDM)|Viper Mark VII]] fighters. One [[ECO]], [[Crashdown]], is called a &amp;quot;refugee from [[Triton]],&amp;quot; suggesting that he escaped that battlestar&#039;s destruction with Roslin&#039;s convoy.&lt;br /&gt;
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Twenty ships of the convoy are abandoned to an imminent Cylon attack because they lacked [[FTL]] drives. The remainder of the Fleet joins with battlestar &#039;&#039;[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]&#039;&#039;, the only [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] surviving warship in the first months after the events of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Fleet represents the last vestige of humanity. The political and social troubles of the Fleet as it wanders through space function as a metaphor for all of humanity, since the Fleet literally &#039;&#039;is&#039;&#039; what is left of humanity in the television series.&lt;br /&gt;
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The phrase &amp;quot;the Fleet&amp;quot; functions not only as a signifier for the actual ships of the convoy, but as a substitute for the people on board, and therefore for mankind. Usage of the term &amp;quot;the Fleet&amp;quot; has not gained more than an informal acceptance, as can be seen by President Roslin&#039;s continued use of the term &#039;&#039;President of the [[Twelve Colonies]].&#039;&#039;  This may be interpreted as either an expression of hope that eventually the people on board the ships of the Fleet will reestablish themselves on a new colony permanently, or a psychological inability to confront that the Fleet may be the only home that humanity knows for a very long time.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Saul Tigh]]&#039;s assertion in &amp;quot;[[The Farm]]&amp;quot; that the twenty four ships which departed with the [[Laura Roslin faction]] during her insurrection represented &amp;quot;almost a third of the fleet&amp;quot; imply that the number of ships in the Fleet is approximately in the mid-70&#039;s.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Ships===&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]&#039;&#039;, last remaining [[Original battlestar (RDM)|original battlestar]] and main protector and flagship of the Fleet, under direct command of Admiral [[William Adama]] ([[Mini-Series]]) &lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Colonial One]]&#039;&#039;, President [[Laura Roslin]]&#039;s ship, previously known as &#039;&#039;[[Colonial Heavy 798]]&#039;&#039; ([[Miniseries]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]&#039;&#039;, a [[Mercury class battlestar]] formerly commanded by [[Helena Cain]] ([[Pegasus (episode)]]), Jack Fisk ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]) and [[Barry Garner]] ([[The Captain&#039;s Hand]]). It is currently under the command of [[Lee Adama]] ([[The Captain&#039;s Hand]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Olympic Carrier]]&#039;&#039;, destroyed in &amp;quot;[[33]]&amp;quot; after an apparent Cylon takeover.  Multiple ships of the same model, including the &#039;&#039;Pan Galactic&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Sagitarrian Spaceways&#039;&#039; are still part of the Fleet&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Gemini]]&#039;&#039;, FTL-capable freighter which Valerii escorts to the convoy ([[Miniseries]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]&#039;&#039;, mentioned frequently and notable for several reasons:&lt;br /&gt;
**First (reported) human birth after the exodus from the Colonies ([[33]])&lt;br /&gt;
**Where [[Ellen Tigh]] was suddenly discovered three weeks after the attack ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]])&lt;br /&gt;
**Where Ellen Tigh intended her husband to meet with allies of [[Tom Zarek]] ([[Colonial Day]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Coronis]]&#039;&#039; ([[Litmus]], [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/106/deleted1.html deleted scene])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Virgon Express]]&#039;&#039; ([[Water]]) &lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Astral Queen]]&#039;&#039;, prison ship noted for carrying 1500 prisoners, including [[Tom Zarek]] ([[Bastille Day]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Scorpia Traveler]]&#039;&#039;, a civilian ship that carried a suicide bomber copy of [[Aaron Doral]] ([[Litmus]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]&#039;&#039;, found by &#039;&#039;Colonial One&#039;&#039; shortly after Laura Roslin&#039;s hasty inauguration&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Gemenon Traveler]]&#039;&#039;, a civilian ship where a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] is captured ([[Flesh and Bone]])&lt;br /&gt;
**The above two appear to be of identical configuration, and may be the same ship.&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Cloud Nine]]&#039;&#039;, a luxury liner designed to mimic the enviroment of a habitable planet. &lt;br /&gt;
**Meeting place of the [[Quorum of Twelve]]. ([[Colonial Day]])&lt;br /&gt;
**Base of operations for [[Demand Peace]] ([[Epiphanies]])&lt;br /&gt;
**Destroyed by a nuke along with at least two other ships. ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Zephyr]]&#039;&#039; ([[Fragged]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Tauranian]]&#039;&#039;, a refinery ship ([[Resistance]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Gideon]]&#039;&#039;, a supply ship involved in an incident where four civilians were killed by &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; marines ([[Resistance]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Kimba Huta]]&#039;&#039;, a cold storage vessel on which exiled President Roslin hides from Commander Adama and Colonel Tigh ([[The Farm]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Monarch]]&#039;&#039;, a mining ship that joined the [[Laura Roslin faction]] ([[Home, Part I]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Adriatic]]&#039;&#039;, a member of the Roslin faction armed with ship-to-ship missiles ([[Home, Part I]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Striker]]&#039;&#039;, damaged in a refuelling operation overseen by Capt. [[George Birch]] ([[Home, Part I]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Celestra]] (Identified on official Sci-Fi Channel web site but not yet seen in aired episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Space Park]]&#039;&#039; (Identified on official Sci-Fi Channel web site but not yet seen in aired episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Flattop]]&#039;&#039;, a [[salvage and repair]] ship (Identified on official Sci-Fi Channel web site but not yet seen in aired episode)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Freighter 212]]&#039;&#039;, a ship [[Louanne Katraine]] apparently has some &amp;quot;buddies&amp;quot; on ([[Final Cut]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Baah Pakal]]&#039;&#039;, a ship carrying unused [[DDG-62]] engines onboard ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;[[Botanical Cruiser]]&#039;&#039; (While the original was destroyed in the [[Miniseries]], various background shots have placed an [[FTL]]-equipped Botanical Cruiser in the Fleet.)&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Daru Mozu]]&#039;&#039;, a [[tylium]] refinery ship. Damaged by a suicide bomber ([[Epiphanies]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Greenleaf]]&#039;&#039;, a freighter where [[Asha Janik]] and [[Ray Abinell]] were maintenance workers&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[McConnell]]&#039;&#039;, a supply ship frequented by Commander [[Jack Fisk]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Prometheus]]&#039;&#039;, an &amp;quot;off the grid&amp;quot; freighter and den of mercenary-turned-crime boss [[Phelan]]&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Majahual]]&#039;&#039;, a mining ship digging for crucial metals ([[Scar]])&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Picon 36]]&#039;&#039;, [[Miniseries]]&lt;br /&gt;
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These ships were visible on vote tally boards in [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]:&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;[[Demetrius]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Diomedes]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Embla Brokk]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Entidu]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Epheme]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Galatea]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Odysseus]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Persephone]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Sargon]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;[[Swordfish]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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In the episode &amp;quot;[[The Farm]]&amp;quot;, 24 ships leave the Fleet to return to Kobol. [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] provides the following breakdown:&lt;br /&gt;
*12 transports - incl. the &#039;&#039;Astral Queen&#039;&#039;, and the &#039;&#039;Gemenon Traveller&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
*7 freighters&lt;br /&gt;
*3 construction platforms&lt;br /&gt;
*1 private cruiser&lt;br /&gt;
*1 mining ship - the &#039;&#039;Monarch&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Demographics===&lt;br /&gt;
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A few points of information are available concerning the demographics of the Fleet. In &amp;quot;[[33]]&amp;quot;, before the destruction of the Olympic Carrier, there were 5,251 survivors from Sagittaron and 49,998 total survivors. In &amp;quot;[[Home, Part I]]&amp;quot;, the [[Laura Roslin faction]] left the Fleet with 18,000 individuals, of which 9,500 were Gemenons and 6,250 were Capricans. At that time the total population of the fleet was 47,857.&lt;br /&gt;
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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.&lt;br /&gt;
*Note that Gemenon and Caprica had more citizens in the Roslin faction alone than Sagittaron had in the entire Fleet. The Twelve Colonies are clearly not represented in equal proportion.&lt;br /&gt;
*Before the destruction of the &#039;&#039;Olympic Carrier&#039;&#039;, Sagittaron natives made up 10.50% of the fleet. Solely for the purpose of argument, we assume that the &#039;&#039;Olympic Carrier&#039;&#039;&#039;s population breakdown was identical to the rest of the fleet&#039;s and that Sagittaron continues to make up 10.50% of the Fleet&#039;s total population.&lt;br /&gt;
*The figures from the Roslin faction can be viewed in several ways:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;float:right; margin:10px&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[Image:Demographics1.png]]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*ASSUMPTION 1: All Gemenons and Capricans jumped to Kobol with the Roslin faction. &lt;br /&gt;
::*Caprica: 6,250 persons (13.06%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (19.85%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (10.50%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Others: 27,081 (56.59%)&amp;lt;br clear=&amp;quot;both&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;float:right; margin:10px&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[Image:Demographics2.png]]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*ASSUMPTION 2: All Gemenons jumped to Kobol with the Roslin faction, lured by the &amp;quot;religion card&amp;quot;, but Caprican portion of the Roslin faction was representative of the Fleet.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Caprica: 28,204 persons (58.93%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (19.85%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (10.50%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Others: 5,127 persons (10.72%)&amp;lt;br clear=&amp;quot;both&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;float:right; margin:10px&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[[Image:Demographics3.png]]&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
:*ASSUMPTION 3: Caprican and Gemenon portions of the Roslin faction were representative of the fleet.&lt;br /&gt;
::*Caprica: 16,617 persons (34.72%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Gemenon: 25,258 persons (52.78%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (10.50%)&lt;br /&gt;
::*Others: 956 (2.00%)&amp;lt;br clear=&amp;quot;both&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Although it is plausible that the Caprican population is substantially larger than the other colonies, as &#039;&#039;Colonial Heavy 798&#039;&#039; was in the vicinity when the attack began, and was the nucleus around which the fleet rallied, it is unlikely that the populations of each colony are grossly unequal, or else the [[Quorum of Twelve]] would be a very poor system of government. The likeliest scenario is therefore probably somewhere in between Assumptions 1 and 2, with nearly all of the Gemenon population (drawn by the &amp;quot;religion card&amp;quot;) and a large portion of the Caprican population leaving with Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*Alternatively, it is in fact possible that the populations of the colonies were grossly unequal. Though the structure of the [[Quorum of Twelve]] appears to maintain at least a  fiction that the colonies were roughly equal, we know next to nothing about how the governmental system of the colonies was established or evolved over time.  Indeed, the United States Senate, for example, by design expressly assumes that the various states constituting it are &#039;equal&#039; even though this is clearly not the case in terms of their respective populations.  Furthermore, the fact that a system of government is &#039;poor&#039; or else not representatively proportional does not mean it cannot actually be implemented and even survive for long periods of time.  &lt;br /&gt;
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As for population distribution, we know the population of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; (2,693 as of [[Water]]), the &#039;&#039;Olympic Carrier&#039;&#039; (1,345 as of [[33]]) and &#039;&#039;Astral Queen&#039;&#039; (1,500 as of [[Bastille Day]], [[List of retcons (RDM)|retconned]] up from 500 in the mini-series). There are 176 civillians in the cargo hold of [[Colonial One]] in &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&amp;quot;. The fleet is stated at about 75 ships in &amp;quot;[[Resistance]]&amp;quot;, retconned up from 40 in the mini.&lt;br /&gt;
*Going by the 75 ship count, the remaining ships besides &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; and the &#039;&#039;Astral Queen&#039;&#039; each carry about 600 persons on average.&lt;br /&gt;
*The 23 ships that left with the [[Laura Roslin faction]], apart from the &#039;&#039;Astral Queen&#039;&#039;, would have an average population of about 720 persons per ship.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
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In the [[Miniseries]], astute viewers may recognize three spacecraft with notable resemblances of ships from other SF universes. These ships aren&#039;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.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;Serenity&#039;&#039;, the central ship from the TV series &amp;quot;Firefly&amp;quot; and the motion picture, &amp;quot;[http://www.serenitymovie.com/ Serenity]&amp;quot;, appears briefly in the sky outside the window of a doctor&#039;s office where viewers first see Laura Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
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* The original USS &#039;&#039;Enterprise&#039;&#039; (NCC-1701) from the original &#039;&#039;[http://www.startrek.com Star Trek]&#039;&#039; TV series makes a cameo in the last shot of the Fleet as [[Elosha]] chants a prayer in the memorial service near the end of the Mini-Series. (Look to the upper right corner for the ship in a still frame.)&lt;br /&gt;
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*The ill-fated [[Botanical Cruiser]] was added in homage to the [[Agro Ship]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original &#039;&#039;Battlestar Galactica&#039;&#039;]] TV series, which in turn were the re-used models from the SF film &#039;&#039;[[IMDB:Silent Running|Silent Running]]&#039;&#039;, a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior to the Original Series.&lt;br /&gt;
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