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:''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 the ''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 <br /> Carrier / battleship
| arm= ~600x dual point-defense [[Battery#Close-in_Weapon_Systems|CIWS]] <br /> ~40-50x Primary [[Battery#Gun_Clusters|guns]]
| def= Flak
| aircraft= Full Viper Mk. II compliment <br /> Full Viper Mk. III compliment <br /> Full Raptor compliment
| facilities= 2x [[Flight pod|flight pods]] <br /> 2x [[Landing bay (RDM)|flight decks]]: 617 m (2,025 ft) each <br /> 2x [[Hangar deck|Hangar facilities]] <br /> 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 her kind still in service, prior to her 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 [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. While solidly built, various factors during ''Galactica's'' construction led to the shipyard "cutting corners" when she 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''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> 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 & Chrome]]"'').

Two years later ''Galactica'' participated in [[Operation Raptor Talon]], along with ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' and one other battlestar of her class. She 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 (''"[[Razor]]"'').

=== Gallery ===
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Image:Galactica Refit.png|''Galactica'' sporting new primary cannons in place of point defense KEWs.
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''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> hangar deck during the War.
Image:Cable Car.png|A cable car used to transport personnel through the ship.
Image:Galactica Infirmary.png|''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> infirmary during the First Cylon War.

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=== Notes ===
* In ''"[[Blood & Chrome]]"'', ''Galactica'' is depicted with larger flight facilities than in the TRS series, however her overall flight pod design doesn't 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 & Chrome"'', ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> 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.

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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 <br /> Carrier / battleship
| arm= ~514x dual point-defense [[Battery#Close-in_Weapon_Systems|CIWS]] <br /> 24x primary [[Battery#Gun_Clusters|guns]] <br /> ~12x [[missile tubes]]
| def= Flak <br /> Non-networked computer systems
| aircraft= ~80x Viper Mk. II's <br /> Full Raptor compliment <br /> Atmospheric shuttles
| facilities= 1x active [[Flight pod|flight pod]] <br /> 1x active [[Landing bay (RDM)|flight deck]]: 617 m (2,025 ft) <br /> 1x active [[Hangar deck|Hangar facility]] <br /> 40x active Viper [[Launch tube (TRS)|launch tubes]]
| status= Decommissioned, YR00 <br /> 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 her armor, removal of the Viper stacks, and many of her primary batteries. 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'' <nowiki>'s</nowiki> last major refit prior to her decommissioning nearly 40 years later. ''Galactica'' never receives the networked computer or Baltar's CNP upgrades like her sister ships do.

Following the armistice, the ''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''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> FTL jump to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], her drives weren't utilized in nearly twenty years ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

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

At the time of her formal decommissioning ceremony, ''Galactica'' is stripped of all but one of her operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII squadrons, her munitions are destroyed, and her starboard landing pod is converted into a pressurized museum which houses various items from the Cylon War. The museum was about to open when the Cylons brake 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 her museum, engaging in her first battle with the Cylons in over forty years (all but one last Mark VII squadron were sent to Caprica for reassignment). She survives a direct hit by a tactical nuclear missile, and later [[FTL|jumps]] successfully to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to replenish her empty ammunition stores at this strategic depot.

''Galactica'' emerges from the anchorage and engages one [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] with her 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 her remaining Vipers and jumps to the rendezvous point beyond the [[Red Line]], never to return to Colonial space ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

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=== 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. She 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 she 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 Hand of God]]").

The [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] ''Pegasus'', commanded by Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]], joins ''Galactica'' approximately 6 months into their exodus ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]"). 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]]").

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===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 her 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]]. In the subsequent battle, ''Galactica'' is overtaxed, out-gunned, and faces destruction when ''Pegasus'' unexpectedly arrives. ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> salvos draw the attention of the basestars away from ''Galactica'', buying her crew time to bring her [[FTL|FTL drives]] back on-line, recover her 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 her 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''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> heavy armor and radiation shielding protect her 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 her 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 her 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, loosing a battery, and contributing to further weakening of her overall structure ([[TRS]]: "[[He That Believeth in Me]]").

After three years of searching, ''Galactica'' and her 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'' takes her fleet, and returns 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 all have contributed to deteriorating conditions. 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 accrue damage, and 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]]").

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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. Besieged by the Colony's gun batteries at first, the ship is pummeled relentlessly (destroying the dorsal Colonial roundel) until the Hybrid Anders manages to take them and the Colony's Hybrids offline. As ''Galactica's'' Vipers engage incoming Raiders, her Raptors jump directly from their berth in the starboard [[flight pod]], causing the destruction of the pod, and maneuver to board the Colony. ''Galactica'' is then used to ram the Colony, providing an entry and exit point for assault teams.
As the battle wages on, Cylon Raiders swarm ''Galactica'', destroying at least one of its remaining heavy gun batteries. Platoons of enemy Centurions swarm into the ship, and are held back by marines 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.]]

Pummeled by interstellar debris, ''Galactica'' is successful in escaping her position via a blind FTL jump (though Starbuck inputs coordinates she extrapolated from the Music). The ship however does not retract its flight pods before executing the jump. This and the accumulated stresses of the past four years turn out to be the nail in the coffin for the old battlestar. Emerging from the jump, ''Galactica'' suffers a series of catastrophic structural failures. Her lateral structural members give way, which causes the hull to visibly flex and twist, so much so that hull breaches and explosive decompression rock the ship. Several Vipers are in turn tossed from the port flight deck. Despite the damage, the hull remains in one piece thanks to the Cylon organic resin, and other vital ship systems like life support and sublight propulsion are online. However, the ship's FTL is unusable due to structural failures. The fear of being stranded in space is short lived as it revealed the ship jumped into a system containing a habitable planet: Earth.

When the Colonials decide to colonize the world, ''Galactica'' and her fleet are scuttled, piloted directly into the system's star, by [[Samuel Anders]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]"). Admiral Adama is the last soul to leave the ship, departing in his Viper Mark II from the Cylon War era.

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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''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> 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''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> 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 the ''[[Pegasus]]''.
Image:Pointdefence2 101 1080i.jpg|''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> point defense batteries in action    
Image:Galactica fights off missile salvos.jpg|''Galactica'' establishes a defense perimeter.
Image:Raptor scramble.jpg|''Galactica'' scrambles [[Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s.
Image:Colony Breech.jpg|''Galactica'' rams herself 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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Loki type heavy cruiser

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{{Ship Data
|image= Loki.png
| title= ''Loki'' type heavy cruiser
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| propol= 9x sublight engines
| crew= Unknown
| role= Heavy cruiser <br /> Fleet support ship
| arm= 35x guns
| def= Unknown
| aircraft= Unknown
| facilities= 2x landing bays
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The ''' ''Loki'' type heavy cruiser''' is a lightly armed support ship in service with the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] during the [[First Cylon War]], where two or three of these ships would be assigned to a [[battlestar group]] at any given time.

The ships are designed to receive goods and munitions, and transfer them to combat ships underway (''[[Blood & Chrome]]'').

==Design==
The heavy cruiser features a unique tri-hull design, joined by a massive domed structure on the dorsal side, and an "alligator head" on the front side. The alligator head contain all thirty-five of the ship's guns, with fifteen along the dorsal side, twelve along the ventral side, and four along both the port and starboard sides of the hull. The head also contains two landing bays along the sides of the hull, and communications antennas on the front. The massive tri-hulls contain a combined total of eighty-one cargo holds, and feature movable cranes along the top to assist with the transfer of goods and munitions.

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== Ships In Class ==

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! Name !! Number !! Status !! Last Seen
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| ''[[Loki]]'' || Unknown || Active, part of "Ghost Fleet", YR58 (42 BCH) || ''[[Blood & Chrome]]''
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| ''Cyclops'' || FCS-73 || Active, part of "Ghost Fleet", YR58 (42 BCH) || ''[[Blood & Chrome]]''
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| Unknown || Unknown || Active, part of "Ghost Fleet", YR58 (42 BCH) || ''[[Blood & Chrome]]''
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| Unknown || Unknown || Active, part of 75th battlestar group, YR58 (42 BCH) || ''[[Blood & Chrome]]''
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| Unknown || Unknown || Active, part of 75th battlestar group, YR58 (42 BCH) || ''[[Blood & Chrome]]''
|}

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== Notes ==
*The design was created by Richard Livingston.
*The CGI model used for production is labeled ''Cyclops'' (FCS-73) <ref>[http://www.deg3d.biz/featured_work/featured_work.html Deg3D]</ref>, which is barely legible in the header image for this article, despite the ship in reference referred as ''Loki''.
* Concept art indicates a length of ~{{Meters2Feet|719.32}} <ref>Cyclops concept art from Richard Livingston: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10202818626416714&set=p.10202818626416714&type=1&theater

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Heavy Cruiser Stich.png|Composite shot of the "alligator head" of a unnamed heavy cruiser.
Image:HC Aft.png|Aft view of a heavy cruiser hiding with the ghost fleet.
Image:HC Main Hull.png|Closeup of a heavy cruiser's main hull (lower right). Note the primary cannons.
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Talk:Loki type heavy cruiser/Archive 1

2013-12-22T23:36:42Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: Created page with "==Images== Just for reference, the images can be accessed directly from here: http://www.deg3d.biz/featured_work/images/550/ ~~~~"

==Images==

Just for reference, the images can be accessed directly from here: http://www.deg3d.biz/featured_work/images/550/

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Viper (TOS)

2013-12-15T07:59:30Z

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:''This article discusses the Viper fighter seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. For information on the Vipers used in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[Viper (TRS)]]. Note: for the single appearance of an [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] Viper in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]], see the bottom of this article.''

{{Ship Data
| image= Classic Viper side view.jpg
| title= Viper
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= No
| propol= three sublight aft-mounted engines
| crew= 1 pilot
| role= Space superiority fighter
| weapons= 2 forward-firing laser-torpedo guns
| length= (approx) {{Meters2Feet|8.7}}
| width= (approx) {{Meters2Feet|3.8}}
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The Colonial '''Viper''' is the primary space superiority fighter and attack craft deployed by the [[Colonial Fleet (TOS)|Colonial military]]. Capable of both atmospheric and long-range spacial flight, the Viper is a single-pilot craft with two-forward mounted laser-torpedo guns as standard.

The Viper is capable of rapid acceleration in the form of a "turbo boost" feature, which results in greater fuel usage ([[TOS]]: "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]"). Vipers are also able to abruptly stop forward acceleration by using their reverse thrusters and braking flaps ([[TOS]]: "[[Saga of a Star World]]").<ref>Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] describes to Lieutenant [[Zac]] on how to allow the Cylons to overshoot them, so they can dispatch the pursuing [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]].
: '''Apollo''': When I hit three, you hit your reverse thrusters and maximum braking flaps.</ref>

Vipers are equipped with an onboard computer which contains a [[warbook]], an electronic reference of ships which, in conjunction with scanners, can give the pilot information on a ship ([[TOS]]: "[[Saga of a Star World]]") and identify whether or not there are life forms onboard the said ship ([[TOS]]: "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]").

In addition, Vipers' computer is capable of recording messages, which can be played back by Warriors or other persons who happen across an unoccupied Viper ([[TOS]]: "[[Experiment in Terra]]").

== Variants and Modifications==

* A [[Starchaser|"Recon Viper" variant]] has been developed, possessing greater (i.e. 2 x) speed and range than a typical Viper, but lacking any armament due to the removal of the laser pumps. It also possesses an [[CORA|advanced voice interface]]. [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is the only [[warrior]] known to have flown this variant ([[TOS]]: "[[The Long Patrol]]").
* On missions where Vipers must endure extreme heat or other environments that could endanger the pilot, specially designed shielding can be applied to the cockpit canopy. This extra layer of protection was used in the [[Straits of Madagon| Madagon star cluster]] and prevented pilots from being hurt by the incredible heat and light in the region ([[TOS]]: "[[Saga of a Star World]]").

==Re-imagined Series Crossover==
This Viper model is briefly seen in the [[Galactica Museum]] exhibition in the [[Miniseries]]. However, since the Original Series Viper uses weaponry and features not seen in the Re-imagined Series, its appearance in the museum may be more an homage to the Original Series itself than to suggest that these specific Vipers (and their technical abilities) existed in the Re-imagined continuity. However, the Original Series [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]], [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] and [[landram]] appear in the Re-imagined Series with updated [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series|weaponry]]. Given their real world status as the original vipers, the known design of the [[Viper Mark III|Mark III]] and their more 'primitive' design; this model is often assumed to be the Viper Mark I.

==Related images==

<gallery>
Image:ViperCanopy.jpg|A Viper with specially fitted heat shield as it is launched from [[Galactica (TOS)| ''Galactica'']] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
Image:ViperScan.jpg|A scan of a Viper, by another Viper, from "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]".
Image:Vipertos.jpg|A lone Original Series-style Viper on display next to [[Viper Mark II]]s in the [[Miniseries]].
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== Notes ==

* In ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', some Vipers are outfitted with stealth technologies that render the Viper craft invisible to the eye ([[1980]]: "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]").
* A [[Viper (1980)|two-seater version]] of the Viper is seen throughout ''Galactica 1980''. However, despite its appearances in this series, this variant may be hinted at as early on as "[[Saga of a Star World]]", when [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] is flown to [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]] in [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]'s Viper after the destruction of the Colonies. However, this variant is never explicitly seen during the Original Series' run.
* There is a scale difference between the mock-up/model kit Viper and the actual on screen SFX Viper as can be seen in [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v252/Almael/Viper-mono_sfx2.gif this SFX-mockup overlap].

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Talk:Viper Mark III/Archive 1

2013-12-11T19:27:59Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: /* Size */

==Proof These are MKIII's===

I've been searching for sources that say the vipers of B&C are infact MKIII's, but I can find none. I do know, however, that Adama has to fly a Viper MKII at some point in time during the war, and that he is shown doing so in the Razor flashbacks, during Operation Razor Talon. This occurs after the events of B&C. I strongly believe that the facts indicate the vipers of B&C are MKI's, not MKIII's as everyone seems to assume. [[User:Kodiakus|Kodiakus]] 14:58, 7 December 2012 (EST)

: Watch the scene where Ozar ([[Osiris]]' commander) instructs her officers to requisition the "new Mark IIIs" to aid Kelly's mission (she's climbing down a latter after Coker, Adama, and Kelly first arrive). Also, Doug Drexler (CG Supervisor for the show) made the point of saying that there were Mark IIIs and Mark IIs throughout the fleet at this point. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:03, 7 December 2012 (EST)
:Yea they are deffinately Mark IIIs. Its very common in wartime for older models to be still fully in service when new models are already being produced. If there is a Mark I in this series its similar in design to the TOS viper and thats just since the TOS is briefly seen in the museum during the miniseries in one shot. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 09:08, 8 December 2012 (EST)

==Size==
Those numbers seem big! Surely you can't just read them off the scale off the graph as that's for the "ground" level, while in the top down view the Vipers we see are several meters up, and so closer to the viewer, so perspective would inflate the apparent size. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 17:35, 14 November 2012 (EST)

:I thought the same thing, but that's the math. The top-down view is an orthographic projection taken directly from Lightwave, so there isn't any perspective distortion make the Vipers look bigger than the floor (the bottom Viper has another one below and slightly ahead of it. You can see the nose and forward wingtips peaking out, and they're exactly the same size as the one above it, proving there's no perspective). I also scaled a Mark II orthographic publicity render to it for comparison, and the cockpits are the same size (and from the shots in B&C, the III seems to be using the same physical cockpit set as the II did). [[http://www.gian-cursio.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Viper237.jpg See for yourself.]] -- [[User:David cgc|David cgc]] 18:27, 14 November 2012 (EST)

::That is a HUGE Viper! Why would that make it so big? I mean, I know Vipers are pretty damn small compaired to modern aircraft but.. would that even still fit in an unmodified launch tube? [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 04:37, 16 November 2012 (EST)

:::Shall we add the length and wingspan back in, then? -- [[User:David cgc|David cgc]] 17:57, 27 November 2012 (EST)

No. At that width the Viper would not even fit into the tubes (approx 6 to 6.3 meters wide). It seems that they shrunk it down in size for B&C. Until an official source shows otherwise, we cannot rely on the diagram, or Drolet's site. Given that the model used in the diagram is far less detailed then the one in the show it could be that it is inconsistent. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 14:42, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

:I'm not so sure, take a look at the photo on the main page of the Viper [[http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:Vipers_in_Hangar.jpg|Viper in the hanger deck]], I think the sizing is spot on. Would we not be able to determine a size with the people standing next to it?

:- [[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]] 10:13PM, 03/10/13 EST

::Without knowing the exact size of the people and how the perspective & their pose effects the measurements the error margin would be too large. If they are the size that Drolet wanted them, they would not fit in the launch tubes. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 05:42, 12 March 2013 (EDT)

::: Maybe the launch tubes were larger? But that wouldn't make much sense, then again what in B&C does? :-/
:::- Frylock 06:19PM, 03/12/13 EST

::::You can check the final shot of Adama launching but I do not think that is possible unless the entire ship were bigger. There really [http://www.gian-cursio.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Launch_Tube_Ext.jpg isn't any wiggle room] between the tubes and the ribs. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx]] 14:27, 11 December 2013 (EST)

==update picture==

This page should update it's main picture as in episode 5 of Blood and Chrome there are much clearer shots of the Viper IIIs that show the whole Viper without obstruction. Tried adding this myself, but unfortunally was not able to include pictures on this Wiki. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 14:33, 23 November 2012 (EST)

Heres a couple of pictures I took of it you can use. http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/_VARGR_/Viper-mark-III.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/_VARGR_/Viper-mark-III2.png

::Tried myself. Didn't work. I don't think it like the dashes (-) you have in the file names. - [[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]

Well if you're able to upload pictures yourself just take one of these and save it onto your computer then upload to the wiki and hopefully that will work. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 19:32, 26 November 2012 (EST)

: Looks like these were already uploaded by Frylock. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 01:04, 27 November 2012 (EST)

== Orthographic images ==

This popped up via Doug Drexler if anyone wants to make an edited version:

[http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Blood-Chrome-Viper-Mark-3.jpg]

[[User:YIIMM|YIIMM]] 18:56, 30 January 2013 (EST)

Yea the perspective view of the MK III would be perfect for a main picture for this page. The current pics from onscreen aren't nearly as clear as this. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 17:12, 1 February 2013 (EST)
*Done and done. How does it look? --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 14:44, 2 February 2013 (EST)
**Looks great.

Some new images of the Viper III model have been shown. One of these might suit for the main picture better.
[http://sci-fi-museum-pierre-drolet-com.webs.com/viper-mark-ii-and-iib] [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 15:17, 6 March 2013 (EST)

Viper Mark II

2013-12-11T18:41:24Z

Phalanx-a-pedian:

:''This article discusses the older, generally obsolete Viper-class fighters seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the late [[First Cylon War]] Viper Mark III from [[Blood and Chrome]] see [[Viper Mark III]]. For information on the advanced Viper Mark VII from the same series, see [[Viper Mark VII]]. For the Viper used in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] and in [[Galactica 1980]], see [[Viper (TOS)]].''

The '''Viper Mark II''' is a single seat fighter aerospace craft used by the [[Colonial Fleet]] during the [[First Cylon War]]. The fighter served with distinction, proving to be a capable fighting vehicle and winning renown across the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]; the Mark II is regarded as instrumental in ensuring that the Colonials did not lose the original Cylon War <ref>Its iconic status is not unlike that of the real world [[wikipedia:Supermarine_Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire]], which is held in great esteem in the countries where it served - particularly Great Britain. Many Spitfires are preserved today as museum pieces, just as the Mk. II Vipers were aboard ''Galactica''.</ref>. Eventually, the Mark II was succeeded in service by the larger, and more advanced [[Viper Mark III]] ("''[[Blood & Chrome]]''"), in the later years of the War, however, the Mark II was still utilized by the military up to and following the [[Cimtar_(RDM)|Armistice]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"). Owing to the iconic status that the Mark II achieved during its operational years, a squadron of 40 planes are chosen for preservation in the Battlestar [[Galactica Museum|''Galactica'' History Museum]]. These Vipers are later brought back online to defend ''Galactica,'' and later her civilian fleet, following the sudden [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] on the Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").
{{Ship Data
| image= Bsg-viper-1.jpg
| title= Viper Mk. II
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= No
| propol= 1x Voram VM2-D15 upper turbo-thrust engine <br /> 2x Voram VM3-D22 turbo-thrust engines <br /> 2x reverse thrust motors <br /> [[RCS]] points <ref name="armprop">Propulsion and weapon details from David Bassom's ''[[The Official Companion|Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]''.</ref>
| crew= 1 pilot
| role= Space superiority fighter/interceptor
| arm= 2x 800 rd. Thraxon MEC-A6 30mm [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|Mass Accelerator Cannons]] (MECS) <br /> Dorsal storage bay for 8x HD-70 Lightning Javelin missiles (optional 50 megaton nuclear warhead)<ref name="armprop"/> <br /> Weapon hardpoints for mounting missiles / munitions pods, etc. under the wings
| def= Chaffs <br /> Flares
| status= Retired from service, succeeded by Viper Mark III
| length= 27.6 feet (~8.4m)<ref name="di">Dimensions provided by [http://www.leestringer.com/ Lee Stringer], one of the VFX Animators of the miniseries. These are for the CGI models, which are based on but not identical to the fullsize props. Source: [http://www.starshipbuilder.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000012.html Starshipbuilder.com forums]</ref>
| height= 8.9 feet (~2.7m)<ref name="di"/><ref name="inflight">In flight, without landing gear. Landing gear adds approximately (0.5m)</ref>
| wingspan= 15.5 feet (~4.7m)<ref name="di"/>
| img=Y
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== Overview ==
[[Image:Viper Mk II orthos.jpg|left|thumb|Fore, side, top and aft views of the Mark II]]
The Mark II is a long, sleek vehicle with specialized features for zero-g and atmospheric combat, and reconnaissance.

The fore section comprises the nose back to the cockpit. Located there are the forward [[RCS]] systems for maneuvering the craft; the forward landing gear; the main [[avionics]] and sensor packages and the single-seat cockpit.

The stern comprises the main engines, numerous RCS maneuvering jets, fuel tanks, wings and vertical stabilizer. The wings themselves contain the kinetic energy weapons, their munitions storage and feeds. Mounting points beneath the wings allow missiles, munitions pods and other items to be rack-mounted ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]").

The wing's roots contain the main landing gear, retracted during flight. The Mark II's shape is distinctive because of the offset "intakes" mounted just behind the cockpit. The port / starboard "intakes" incorporate small but powerful reverse thrust engines that can quickly counter a Viper's forward momentum in an emergency ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]").

=== Avionics ===
:''Main article: [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Vipers and Raptors|Computers in the Re-imagined Series]]''

[[Image:Vipermk2interior3 104 1080i.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Mark II main instrument panel]]
The Mark II is equipped with a Milso Delta-G Intrepid guidance system. The quad mounted gyroscopic ACRS is hot-linked to the cockpit instrument package and all RCS ports for enhanced performance <ref name="chart">[https://scontent-a-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/185723_204520102894533_5923811_n.jpg Viper Mark II layout chart]</ref>. <br>
As part of its use in the [[Cylon War]], the Mark II was initially designed to resist Cylon attempts at disabling or damaging its flight controls <ref>The joystick used in the Mark II is a replica of real-life F/A-18 Hornet and F-15 Eagle</ref>. Given the number of analog gauges and controls, its likely that the Mark II was intended to be flown entirely without computer assistance in fear of compromise by an electronic attack. Nevertheless, a simple computer to manage the flight systems is present in the cockpit, assisting the pilot's [[Mark One Eyeball]]. Some gauges, such as the altimeter, are used only in atmospheric flight.
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=== Armament ===
:''Main article: [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|Weapons in the Re-imagined Series]]''

The Mark II is equipped with two 800 rd. Thraxon MEC-A6 30mm Mass Accelerator Cannons (MECS), as it's primary weapon. These cannons are capable of firing 20 rounds per second and are augmented with orange tracers, which enable the pilot to see where the rounds are going, and adjust their aim accordingly <ref name="chart"/>.

These cannons are supplemented with a storage bay capable of holding up to eight Lightning Javelin missiles capable of carrying conventional or up to 50 megatons of nuclear tipped warheads <ref name="chart"/>.

=== Performance ===

The Mark II is as "nimble as a jackrabbit," and can rotate 180 degrees vertically in .35 seconds ([[TRS]]: "[[Act of Contrition]]"). It accelerates at six to seven G's, or 60 to 70 m/s² ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]").

==Surviving Mark IIs==
:''Main article: [[List of Vipers]].''

Following the decommissioning of the battlestar ''Galactica'' 40 years after the Cylon War ended, and its transformation into a museum, a squadron Mark IIs are chosen for preservation and display on the port flight deck. Following the sudden Cylon attacks, these Vipers are brought back to working order and used to defend the ship as it made its way to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to refit. Eventually, these Vipers are used to defend the 50,000 survivors of the attacks as they flee the Colonies into deep space ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

They served with distinction up until the end of the Fleet's journey, however not without losses. The few remaining Mark IIs are eventually destroyed after ''Galactica'' is flown into a star following the Colonial's settlement of a new world ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:Bsg-viper-2.jpg|Zoic CGI model
Image:Viper Mark II Damaged.jpg|Viper Mark II with visible battle damage (high res)
Image:Starbuckmk2disintegrate 104 1080i.jpg|Burning up in an atmosphere (Act of Contrition)
Image:Viper Mk II atmospheric flight.jpg|Viper in atmospheric flight (Razor)
Image:Viper Mk II Hit and Run.jpg|Destroying a Cylon guard tower
Image:7242 Mini.JPG|Viper in perfect condition (Miniseries)
Image:1104Tube Mini.JPG|Viper in launch tube (Miniseries)
Image:Scifichannel-137.jpg|Viper in maintenance
Image:Vipermk2interior 104 1080i.jpg|Main display configured for a landing
Image:Gunsarmed 206 1080i.jpg|Guns armed
Image:Radio_magnetic_indicator.JPG|Instruments: radio-magnetic indicator
Image:Vipermk2interior5 104 1080i.jpg|Instruments: altimeter
Image:Viper Attitude Indicator 1.jpg|Instruments: attitude indicator
Image:Torque Percent Indicator.JPG|Instruments: torque indicator
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Hangar deck

2013-07-23T11:17:46Z

Phalanx-a-pedian:

[[Image:Blackbird Hangar Deck II.png|thumb|Staff and crew of the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' (BS 75), gather on the hangar deck to celebrate the completion of the ''[[Blackbird]]''.]]
The '''hangar deck''' is where auxiliary craft, such as [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], [[Raptor|Raptors]], [[Atmospheric shuttle|atmospheric shuttles]], and even captured enemy craft are stored and maintained between ops. They are generally situated next to, or under the flight deck of the command vessel for quick access.

=== Design and Operations ===
[[Image:Vipers Loaded.png|thumb|left|With action stations called, Vipers are moved off the hangar deck and into the launch tubes.]]
Hangar bays are designed to store and maintain auxiliary craft that a vessel may carry, however, not all hangar bays can accompany every possible type of small craft. Depending on the craft, Hangar decks will vary in size. On large battlestars, hangars are long and narrow, designed to hold dozens of craft, and quickly refit or refuel fighters and scouts that could be called upon to launch in a moment's notice. They feature numerous alcoves that are used as storage and work bays, and feature diagnostic, and maintenance equipment in each section that allow the deckhands (commonly called "''Knuckledraggers''" in military slang) to work quickly and efficiently with their assigned aircraft. Vipers stored in these alcoves can then be dragged across the slim deck and into the connected [[launch tube (RDM)|launch tubes]] when called upon, under the direction of the Deck Chief ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

[[Image:Osiris Hangar Bay.png|thumb|right|The cramped and humid hangar bay of the ''[[Osiris]]'' (0913), during the [[First Cylon War]].]]
Access to the above flight deck is granted by large elevators that are located at regular intervals along the length of the [[flight pod]]s. They are kept secured while in operation by airtight doors to prevent any atmospheric leaks or other kinds of serious accidents ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]). These elevators are the preferred method of launching [[Raptor]]s on older battlestars, where they are lifted up to the landing bay, taxi, then "lift off" through one of the pod's fore or aft openings. Newer ships, such as the [[Mercury class|''Mercury'' class]], have specialized Raptor launch pads outside of the landing bay, that enables flight crews to launch scouts, while keeping the pods clear of superfluous traffic ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

On smaller ships, the hangar decks are much more cramped, and have no structural similarities to their larger battlestar counterparts. Conditions on these ships can be less than ideal, with smaller working spaces, high temperatures, and high humidity. However, they still feature the personnel and equipment needed to maintain a healthy fleet of fighters for fleet protection ([[TRS]]: "[[Blood and Chrome]]").

=== Other Uses ===
[[Image:Starboardhangardeck.jpg|thumb|left|A service for the dead is performed following the renewed Cylon attacks.]]
Hangar decks have had many other uses, especially during times of combat. They have been used as temporary morgues for fallen crew ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]", "[[Razor]]"), meeting halls for prayer services or shipboard ceremonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]", "[[Razor]]", "[[Pegasus]]"), and can even be converted for use as a courtroom ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]").

After the decommissioning of the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', the unused starboard hangar deck was converted into a gift shop to accompany the brand new [[Galactica Museum|Museum]] set up in the above flight deck. Following the Fall of the Colonies the starboard hangar deck was used several times as temporary housing for homeless civilians, ultimately becoming the permanent "[[Camp Oil Slick]]" following the destruction of several vessels during the [[Battle of New Caprica|evacuation]] from [[New Caprica]]. The occupants of many vessels were temporarily sheltered here during the crossing of the Passage ([[TRS]]: "[[The Passage]]"). Another section was set up [[Joe's Bar|as a bar]], that became a popular R&R spot in the later years of the Colonial's exodus ([[TRS]]: "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]").

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== Notes ==
*The area usually seen on screen is not the entire hangar deck. It runs nearly the entire length of each flight pod. But because of limited set space only a relatively small part of it can be realized during filming. To balance this, one wall can be turned into a green screen and used for CGI set extensions when necessary. This can be seen in the Miniseries or during Cain's arrival on ''Galactica'' in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", for example ([[:Image:Bsg-zoic-2.jpg|behind the scenes photo]]). Wayfinding signs on each dividing wall are also often changed to give the impression that viewers are seeing different, though virtually identical sections of the deck.

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== See Also ==
* [[flight pod]]
* [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tubes]]
* [[landing bay]]

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Talk:Colonial Auxiliary Fleet/Archive 1

2013-04-09T22:32:09Z

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Do we have any source for this? Links please. I don't remember any mention of it in B&C. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx]] 08:44, 9 April 2013 (EDT)

:First thing I heard about it as well. I wonder if this is just enthousiasm on the part of the author... -- [[User:Geo|Geo]] 12:16, 9 April 2013 (EDT)

::It's a general name I used, hence the descriptive term tag, but the inclusion of the civilian ships hiding away in Cylon Space along with the background chatter of the Celestra contacting the ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> CIC, I felt it was enough to warrant the creation of the page. It also matches early production notes [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=475184282525544&set=a.178729102171065.38341.152443094799666&type=1|(here)]. To me it's enough to support that the Colonial Fleet was supported by an auxiliary fleet. -- [[User:frylock86|Frylock]] 13:57, 9 April 2013 (EST)

:::That's pure speculation. It's enough to warrant a note somewhere saying "probably", but certainly not to start going around saying it as fact. It could equally be the these ships are considered a part of the fleet proper. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx]] 14:05, 9 April 2013 (EDT)

:::Those notes are far from a reliable source. They feel more like partially re-written notes starting with a real world navy. Surface Warfare and Air Warfare are meaningless terms when we're talking about space. These notes even say things like " extends the time a Navy battle group can remain at sea". They really don't make a lot of sense. While it would be tempting to treat them in the same way that the map of the twelve colonies or the series bible are these are clearly just some rough notes passed around early in the project (they were still calling the Osiris the "Reliant" at this point) and should not be take as fact. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx]] 14:33, 9 April 2013 (EDT)

If there's no further discussion on this, I'd like to have this simply redirect to [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)]]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:24, 9 April 2013 (EDT)

:I'm cool with that. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx]] 18:32, 9 April 2013 (EDT)

Colonial Auxiliary Fleet

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'''Pre-Cylon War:''' [[Air Force Viper]] | [[Blackhawk]] | [[Graystone blimp]] | [[Jump ship]] | [[Phoenix]]

'''Virtual aircraft:''' [[Autogyro]] | [[Dreadnaught]] | [[Vintage Viper]]

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'''Colonial Civilian:''' ''[[Astral Queen]]'' | ''[[Cloud 9]]'' | ''[[Colonial One]]'' | ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' | ''[[Demetrius]]'' | ''[[Gemenon Traveler]]'' | ''[[Gideon]]'' <br/> ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' | ''[[Prometheus (ship)|Prometheus]]'' | ''[[Rising Star (TRS)|Rising Star]]'' | ''[[Scylla]]'' | ''[[Zephyr]]'' | [[The_Fleet_(RDM)#Civilian_Vessels|List of all civilian ships]]

'''Civilian Operators:''' [[Gemon Liners]] | [[Pan Galactic]] | [[Saggitarian Spaceways]] | [[Eversun]]

'''Cylon:''' [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]] | [[The Colony]] | [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] | [[Cylon freighter (RDM)|Freighter]] | [[Guardian basestar]] | [[Heavy Raider]] | [[Rebel basestar]] <br/> [[Resurrection Hub]] | [[Resurrection Ship]] | [[Cylon reconnaissance drone|Reconnaissance Drone]]
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Refinery ship

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{{Ship Data
| image= Daru_Mozu_Fore.png
| title= 'Refinery ship
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian/Military
| ftl= Yes
| propol = 2 sublight engines
| role= Tylium refinery ships
| weapons= None
| status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Holocaust]], 0 BCH <BR> Surviving ships scuttled, circa 4 ACH
}}

Refinery ships are vessels used for refining [[tylium]] that have been used in the colonies since at least as far back as the [[First Cylon War]]. During the war, they presumably had the role of replenishing the fuel reserves of [[Colonial Fleet]] ships (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

Over forty years later the class is used for civilian purposes. At least two of these ships, ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' and ''[[Hitei Kan]]'', are able to escape with ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' following the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). During the [[The Fleet (TRS)|refugee fleet's]] ongoing escape from [[Cylon (TRS)|Cylon]] forces, these ships refine tylium mined by the vessels ''[[Monarch]]'' and ''[[Majahual]]''.

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Mining ship

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| image= Mining ship.JPG
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Mining ship
| length= 2600 feet
| width= 650 feet
| height= 220 feet <ref>Overview and dimensions courtesy of [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/ships/ SciFi.com].</ref>
}}

A '''mining ship''' is a ship designed to extract raw metals and minerals. There are several<ref>Based on dialog in the opening of "[[Home, Part I]]", there is certainly more than one. Later in that episode, another can clearly be seen to have remained with ''Galactica'' while ''Monarch'' is in orbit of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]. According to SciFi.com, at least one of these is a [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Tauron|Tauron]]-registered craft.</ref> in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], including the ''[[Monarch]]'' and ''[[Majahual]]'', which serve a vital role in mining [[tylium]] and other ores.

Mining ships are very hot, dirty, cramped vessels that are not suitable as a refuge for passengers.

Mining ships have a very limited refining ability. Because of this, mining ships work in concert with a [[refinery ship]], which handles the bulk of the mineral processing.

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Celestra type

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{{Ship Data
| image= Celestra.JPG
| title= ''Celestra'' type
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian/Military
| ftl= Yes
| propol = 1 large sublight engine
| role= Unknown
| weapons= None
| status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Holocaust]], 0 BCH <BR> Surviving ships scuttled, circa 4 ACH
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'''''Celestra'' type''' ships <ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> are a class of ship used in the [[Twelve Colonies]] at least as early as the [[First Cylon War]], during which they served an unknown role assisting battlestar groups (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

Over forty years later, this type is still utilized by the colonials. At least two, ''[[Celestra]]'' and ''[[Striker]]'', escape with ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' following the destruction of the Colonies ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

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==Notes==
*The ''Celestra'' type is based on an [[Original Series]] ship design. In that continuity, the ship served as a civilian electronics research ship. It is unknown if it is meant to serve that same role in the re-imagined continuity, or another one all together. Given its presence in the Auxiliary Fleet, it is assumed the ships performed a different role.

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Flattop

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:''This page is about the ship ''Flattop''. For information about the pilot with the callsign "Flat Top", see [[Dwight Saunders]].''
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| image= Flattop_ship.jpg
| title= Flattop
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| propol = sublight engines
| role= Salvage and Repair
| status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Holocaust]], 0 BCH <BR> Surviving ships scuttled, circa 4 ACH
}}

A '''flattop''' is a type of salvage and repair ship in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], acting as a mobile spacedock. A Flattop-type ship is among the first vessels to join the Fleet ([[Miniseries]]). Later a flattop-type is among the ships with ''[[Galactica]]'' when [[New Caprica]] falls ([[Precipice]]).

There are at least two flattop-type ships in the Fleet: the ''[[Carina]]'' (lost during the [[Passage (star cluster)|passage]] through a star cluster) and the ''[[Virgon Express]]''.

==Notes==
*"Flat top" is a slang term for an [[w:Aircraft carrier|aircraft carrier]] (it is also a hairstyle).
*In the separate continuity of the [[List of Comics|Dynamite comics series]], ships of the same design were used by the [[Caprican Expeditionary Fleet]] during the [[Third Colonial Conflict]].
*The Flattop design in the Re-imagined Series is based on an [[Original Series]] ship design.

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Refinery ship

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{{Ship Data
| image= Daru_Mozu_Fore.png
| title= ''Daru Mozu'' type
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian/Military
| ftl= Yes
| propol = 2 sublight engines
| role= Fleet Replenishment Tyliers
| weapons= None
| status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Holocaust]], 0 BCH <BR> Surviving ships scuttled, circa 4 ACH
}}

'''''Daru Mozu'' type refinery ships''' <ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> are [[tylium]] refinery vessels that have been used in the colonies since at least as far back as the [[First Cylon War]]. During the war, they presumably had the role of replenishing the fuel reserves of [[Colonial Fleet]] ships (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

Over forty years later the class is used for civilian purposes. At least two of these ships, ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' and ''[[Hitei Kan]]'', are able to escape with ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' following the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). During the [[The Fleet (TRS)|refugee fleet's]] ongoing escape from [[Cylon (TRS)|Cylon]] forces, these ships refine tylium mined by the vessels ''[[Monarch]]'' and ''[[Majahual]]''.

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Talk:Colonial Auxiliary Fleet/Archive 1

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Do we have any source for this? Links please. I don't remember any mention of it in B&C. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx]] 08:44, 9 April 2013 (EDT)

Armistice Station

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image= Armistice.png
| title= Armistice Station
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= No
| crew= 1, annually
| role= Diplomatic relations
| weapons= None
| status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies| Zero Hour]], 0 BCH
}}

The '''Armistice Station''' is a remote space station, built with the intent of allowing both [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] and [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]] to maintain diplomatic relations after the [[Cylon War]].

Annually, the station is manned by a Colonial [[Armistice Officer]].

A few items of interest are visible on the officer's negotiation desk in the center room of the Armistice Station:
* A photograph of [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]], the officer's son.
* A photograph, presumably the Armistice Officer's wife and Boxey's mother
* A document detailing the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurian Model 0005 ''(sic)'']]
* A copy of the [[Cimtar Peace Accords]], which were signed at the end of the First [[Cylon War]].

The Cylons ignored the overtures of diplomacy for 40 years. In their only visit, the Cylons board the station and harass the Armistice Officer, before destroying the station in the opening salvo of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

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==See Also==
*[[Armistice Line]]
*[[Miniseries, Analysis#Armistice Station|Armistice Station Analysis]].

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Talk:Blood and Chrome/Archive 1

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== Title ==

Is there any particular reason the title is "Blood and Chrome" with "Blood & Chrome" as a redirect? All press information has used "Blood & Chrome" as the spelling, which says to me that it should be the other way around. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 17:54, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

: The ampersand is a bit of a technical issue in the URL, which is why we're using "Blood and Chrome" for right now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

:: Ah. I hope that it gets fixed. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 05:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

== Placeholder image? ==

Until the powers that be release a title card or promotional photo for ''Blood and Chrome'', could we use the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]] closeup as a placeholder? The image seems to be generic enough to represent any Cylon War-era story. More importantly, we need something for the "Next Aired Episode" box on the main page. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 12:58, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

: That works. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:15, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

:: Actually, having thought about it, it would probably suit us to use one of the production art images that are available online. Even if they're just rough art, it's more representative of the production than the Cylon Centurion from "Razor." -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:54, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

:::this might be a little silly, but i did a quick logo for the show, that we could possibly use, obviously it's not offiicial. [[User:Pst001|Pst001]] 03:29, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/i_em_no_cylon/BloodChromelogo1.jpg

:::: We use officially released photography and art whenever possible. Since the concept art is released, let's choose one of those images and use that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:14, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

== Tag for Blood & Chrome ==

We don't have a tag for Blood & Chrome, yet, do we? What's it gonna be? BAC? -- [[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 17:32, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
: I'm thinking either BC or BAC. More suggestions and discussion are welcome. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 22:57, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
:: BC sounds to me more like a calendric acronym, whereas BAC sounds more fannish. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 23:22, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
:::B&C? [[User:Pst001|Pst001]]
::: Can't really use the ampersand. I'm leaning toward BAC. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:59, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
::::I'm also cool with BAC (to the Future).--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 01:30, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::BAC, It stays consistant with the other 3 letter tags-- [[User:Quig|Quig]] 22:47, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
::::::So BAC it is? -- [[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 23:46, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Yes, BAC it is. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:12, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Does the ampersand issue still arise if you use the code (I forget what it is, I think it's the HTML code) for it? Just curious... I haven't heard of wiki's having issues with this (but then you all may be doing something different here).

==Character Names==
I am not exactly sure which source was used (to list names on this wiki), but I read an article a few minutes ago, and it said that [[Lili Bordan]]'s character is ''Beka'' Kelly (As opposed to Becca). While I know that wiki's tend to have users "be bold" I thought I would mention this in case "Becca" was confirmed through a more official source. --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 20:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

== Summary ==

Will you make a new page called "Blood and Chrome (Pilot)" or simply write the plot into the Plot area of this page? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 16:17, 20 December 2012 (EST)

: I guess the best way to do it would be, to rename the current page at [[Blood and Chrome]] to [[Blood and Chrome (series)]]. And have a new page for the pilot at [[Blood and Chrome (pilot)]]. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 00:33, 21 December 2012 (EST)
:: Actually, it's not a series yet. For now, it's more like ''[[Razor]]''; a webseries, and a soon-to-come TV-movie. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 01:23, 21 December 2012 (EST)
::: You could keep it as one entire page, since it hasn't gone to series. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:51, 21 December 2012 (EST)

:::: is there a chance, that it will go to series? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 13:14, 21 December 2012 (EST)

:::: It's up in the air. For now, let's work on the present fact that that this is the only thing we see from B&C, and act accordingly. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:26, 21 December 2012 (EST)

::: And what about a page called "Blood and Chrome (Movie)"? If we put all infos (Summary, Notes, Analysis, Questions etc) in this page it maybe becomes confused. --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 14:31, 21 December 2012 (EST)

:::: Why would it be confusing? It probably wouldn't be much longer than "[[The Plan]]" or "Razor" once it's finished, since the total run time is about the same as those movies. Besides, a good deal of the production history information on the page was added piece by piece over the nearly two years, with little attention given to organizing or prioritizing or consolidating it, so it's a bit of a mess now. I'm sure that once it's cleaned up, though, it will be noticeably shorter. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 19:05, 21 December 2012 (EST)

::::: I agree. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:32, 21 December 2012 (EST)

:::::: I do agree too. I think, as BlueResistance said earlier, we just have to keep and clean this page. And if, I said if, there is a TV series, to create a BAC (pilot) page in which we put the plot, and we rename this one with adding "(series)". --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 02:07, 22 December 2012 (EST)

:::::::Ok when we rearrange the Themes to:1 Overview 2 Summary 3 other stuff... it will be good and the important things for the reader (the Plot) will be on the top of the page). One more thing: "Razor" and "The plan" uses "Episode Data" and this Page uses "Series Data". Shall we change this for now? And where would you list this movie in the "Template:Episode list"? to "DVD Movies and Features" or to "Webisodes" (for now it seems to be both...) --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 04:23, 22 December 2012 (EST)

:::::::: It should use the Episode Data template, for now. It's more of a DVD movie than it is a webisode, so it should be put under that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:45, 22 December 2012 (EST)

== Series Continuity ==

I don't know about anyone else, but I am seeing some major continuity gaps between B&C and the rest of TRS continuity. Is B&C separate, or part of the same continuity line? By the way, I am not just talking about different actors. For example, in the Miniseries, they say that Adama flew a Mark II Viper, but in B&C he flew a Mark III. Anyone else seeing these, or is it just me? {{unsigned|Litgeek306}}

: No more disconnected than the Reimagined Series (or even the sub-par ''Caprica'') itself was. Actually, B&C better in some ways when it comes to logic and continuity. As for the Mark II, he would fly that later on. Like any pilot worth his weight in gold, he would pilot multiple ships... and given how badly he destroys pretty much every ship he flies, it's no wonder that he would be given an older Viper. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:55, 23 December 2012 (EST)

::The question I have is that Adama takes out several Cylons and Raiders in this series, but in the ''Razor'' flashbacks, which take place a few years later, he says he's never flown a combat mission. Huh? —[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 01:27, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

:: Yes! Thank you! I'm not the only one who picked up on this stuff. It's almost as if B&C is a giant retcon of the Razor Flashbacks. Which is kinda crappy, IMO. - [[user:Frylock86|Frylock]] 07:02, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

:::Since the film is set two years into the war there is plenty of time to sort out the Mk II(I) problem. It is likely that the Mk III is largely withdrawn from service due to it being more advanced then the Mk II and thus vulnerable to a large Cylon offensive that takes advantage of growing Colonial over-confidence in how secure their computer systems are (this ties into a couple comments Adama made such as during the mini-series when he says no to a network). As for the Razor flash-backs; it only contradicts the first webisode (possibly the second). However, that was not included in the film (nor the extended version), and since it contradicted comments Adama had made implying/saying that he had extensive combat experience in the war in the series proper it makes scene that they would discount it. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 11:18, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

:::::The film is set 10 years into the War. Two years before the Armistice. - [[User:Frylock86|Frylock]] 06:54PM, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

::::::Oops! I knew that, twas just a typo. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx]] 20:25, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

:::: The reverse of this discussion is true: The "Razor Flashbacks" are the offender here, as it was largely implied (and stated outright at various points in the series) that Adama did serve during the last years of the war; the fact that Tyrol and his deck gang were able to recover and restore a Viper that (if you believe the "Razor Flashbacks") was basically destroyed into various pieces of unrecoverable scrap is proof of that. B&C simply establishes that Adama was a pilot during the war who had various missions under his belt and, as Phalanx-a-pedian rightfully points out, the statements made by Adama during the flashbacks were not included in either the uncut version or the TV version of "Razor," and were offered separately more as footnotes. (Also, as they are more "Flashbacks" where Adama recounts his experience, you can allow for the inconsistencies in his memory.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:54, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

::::: I think we should probably just treat the Razor Flashbacks (well, episodes 1 and 2, which didn't make it into the movie) like any other deleted scene, with the "canon until contradicted" rule-of-thumb. Like Joe and Phalanx say, there's a lot that didn't make sense even when they were new, even beyond Adama only flying one combat mission in the entire war. The thing I'm getting at is there are some articles that insist on shoehorning every detail of them into continuity (the Galactica and Raptor articles are the big offenders, insisting that they both got their BSG-era configuration by the last day of the war and then remained unchanged for the next 40 years), even though those are mostly just consequences of showing the Cylon War as a brief sidebar to a modern story and not as a feature that could afford to design retro-Raptors and redress the hangar set. -- [[User:David cgc|David cgc]] 16:38, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

== Great Article on VFX ==

This article is very good at revealing what it took to get B&C to production, and dispels that $2 million budget rumor — it was more than that: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/blood-chrome-a-possible-vfx-future/ -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:08, 2 January 2013 (EST)

Talk:Blood and Chrome/Archive 1

2013-03-20T15:18:31Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: /* Series Continuity */

{{newsection link}}

== Title ==

Is there any particular reason the title is "Blood and Chrome" with "Blood & Chrome" as a redirect? All press information has used "Blood & Chrome" as the spelling, which says to me that it should be the other way around. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 17:54, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

: The ampersand is a bit of a technical issue in the URL, which is why we're using "Blood and Chrome" for right now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:04, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

:: Ah. I hope that it gets fixed. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 05:24, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

== Placeholder image? ==

Until the powers that be release a title card or promotional photo for ''Blood and Chrome'', could we use the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]] closeup as a placeholder? The image seems to be generic enough to represent any Cylon War-era story. More importantly, we need something for the "Next Aired Episode" box on the main page. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 12:58, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

: That works. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:15, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

:: Actually, having thought about it, it would probably suit us to use one of the production art images that are available online. Even if they're just rough art, it's more representative of the production than the Cylon Centurion from "Razor." -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:54, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

:::this might be a little silly, but i did a quick logo for the show, that we could possibly use, obviously it's not offiicial. [[User:Pst001|Pst001]] 03:29, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp185/i_em_no_cylon/BloodChromelogo1.jpg

:::: We use officially released photography and art whenever possible. Since the concept art is released, let's choose one of those images and use that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:14, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

== Tag for Blood & Chrome ==

We don't have a tag for Blood & Chrome, yet, do we? What's it gonna be? BAC? -- [[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 17:32, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
: I'm thinking either BC or BAC. More suggestions and discussion are welcome. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 22:57, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
:: BC sounds to me more like a calendric acronym, whereas BAC sounds more fannish. -- [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 23:22, 11 January 2011 (UTC)
:::B&C? [[User:Pst001|Pst001]]
::: Can't really use the ampersand. I'm leaning toward BAC. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:59, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
::::I'm also cool with BAC (to the Future).--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 01:30, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::BAC, It stays consistant with the other 3 letter tags-- [[User:Quig|Quig]] 22:47, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
::::::So BAC it is? -- [[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 23:46, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
:::::::Yes, BAC it is. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:12, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
::::::::Does the ampersand issue still arise if you use the code (I forget what it is, I think it's the HTML code) for it? Just curious... I haven't heard of wiki's having issues with this (but then you all may be doing something different here).

==Character Names==
I am not exactly sure which source was used (to list names on this wiki), but I read an article a few minutes ago, and it said that [[Lili Bordan]]'s character is ''Beka'' Kelly (As opposed to Becca). While I know that wiki's tend to have users "be bold" I thought I would mention this in case "Becca" was confirmed through a more official source. --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 20:14, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

== Summary ==

Will you make a new page called "Blood and Chrome (Pilot)" or simply write the plot into the Plot area of this page? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 16:17, 20 December 2012 (EST)

: I guess the best way to do it would be, to rename the current page at [[Blood and Chrome]] to [[Blood and Chrome (series)]]. And have a new page for the pilot at [[Blood and Chrome (pilot)]]. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] <sup>[[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]]</sup> 00:33, 21 December 2012 (EST)
:: Actually, it's not a series yet. For now, it's more like ''[[Razor]]''; a webseries, and a soon-to-come TV-movie. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 01:23, 21 December 2012 (EST)
::: You could keep it as one entire page, since it hasn't gone to series. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 10:51, 21 December 2012 (EST)

:::: is there a chance, that it will go to series? --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 13:14, 21 December 2012 (EST)

:::: It's up in the air. For now, let's work on the present fact that that this is the only thing we see from B&C, and act accordingly. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:26, 21 December 2012 (EST)

::: And what about a page called "Blood and Chrome (Movie)"? If we put all infos (Summary, Notes, Analysis, Questions etc) in this page it maybe becomes confused. --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 14:31, 21 December 2012 (EST)

:::: Why would it be confusing? It probably wouldn't be much longer than "[[The Plan]]" or "Razor" once it's finished, since the total run time is about the same as those movies. Besides, a good deal of the production history information on the page was added piece by piece over the nearly two years, with little attention given to organizing or prioritizing or consolidating it, so it's a bit of a mess now. I'm sure that once it's cleaned up, though, it will be noticeably shorter. -- [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 19:05, 21 December 2012 (EST)

::::: I agree. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:32, 21 December 2012 (EST)

:::::: I do agree too. I think, as BlueResistance said earlier, we just have to keep and clean this page. And if, I said if, there is a TV series, to create a BAC (pilot) page in which we put the plot, and we rename this one with adding "(series)". --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 02:07, 22 December 2012 (EST)

:::::::Ok when we rearrange the Themes to:1 Overview 2 Summary 3 other stuff... it will be good and the important things for the reader (the Plot) will be on the top of the page). One more thing: "Razor" and "The plan" uses "Episode Data" and this Page uses "Series Data". Shall we change this for now? And where would you list this movie in the "Template:Episode list"? to "DVD Movies and Features" or to "Webisodes" (for now it seems to be both...) --[[User:Enabran|Enabran]] 04:23, 22 December 2012 (EST)

:::::::: It should use the Episode Data template, for now. It's more of a DVD movie than it is a webisode, so it should be put under that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:45, 22 December 2012 (EST)

== Series Continuity ==

I don't know about anyone else, but I am seeing some major continuity gaps between B&C and the rest of TRS continuity. Is B&C separate, or part of the same continuity line? By the way, I am not just talking about different actors. For example, in the Miniseries, they say that Adama flew a Mark II Viper, but in B&C he flew a Mark III. Anyone else seeing these, or is it just me? {{unsigned|Litgeek306}}

: No more disconnected than the Reimagined Series (or even the sub-par ''Caprica'') itself was. Actually, B&C better in some ways when it comes to logic and continuity. As for the Mark II, he would fly that later on. Like any pilot worth his weight in gold, he would pilot multiple ships... and given how badly he destroys pretty much every ship he flies, it's no wonder that he would be given an older Viper. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:55, 23 December 2012 (EST)

::The question I have is that Adama takes out several Cylons and Raiders in this series, but in the ''Razor'' flashbacks, which take place a few years later, he says he's never flown a combat mission. Huh? —[[User:Josiah Rowe|Josiah Rowe]] 01:27, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

:: Yes! Thank you! I'm not the only one who picked up on this stuff. It's almost as if B&C is a giant retcon of the Razor Flashbacks. Which is kinda crappy, IMO. - [[user:Frylock86|Frylock]] 07:02, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

:::Since the film is set two years into the war there is plenty of time to sort out the Mk II(I) problem. It is likely that the Mk III is largely withdrawn from service due to it being more advanced then the Mk II and thus vulnerable to a large Cylon offensive that takes advantage of growing Colonial over-confidence in how secure their computer systems are (this ties into a couple comments Adama made such as during the mini-series when he says no to a network). As for the Razor flash-backs; it only contradicts the first webisode (possibly the second). However, that was not included in the film (nor the extended version), and since it contradicted comments Adama had made implying/saying that he had extensive combat experience in the war in the series proper it makes scene that they would discount it. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 11:18, 20 March 2013 (EDT)

== Great Article on VFX ==

This article is very good at revealing what it took to get B&C to production, and dispels that $2 million budget rumor — it was more than that: http://www.fxguide.com/featured/blood-chrome-a-possible-vfx-future/ -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 12:08, 2 January 2013 (EST)

Talk:Viper Mark III/Archive 1

2013-03-12T09:42:24Z

Phalanx-a-pedian:

==Proof These are MKIII's===

I've been searching for sources that say the vipers of B&C are infact MKIII's, but I can find none. I do know, however, that Adama has to fly a Viper MKII at some point in time during the war, and that he is shown doing so in the Razor flashbacks, during Operation Razor Talon. This occurs after the events of B&C. I strongly believe that the facts indicate the vipers of B&C are MKI's, not MKIII's as everyone seems to assume. [[User:Kodiakus|Kodiakus]] 14:58, 7 December 2012 (EST)

: Watch the scene where Ozar ([[Osiris]]' commander) instructs her officers to requisition the "new Mark IIIs" to aid Kelly's mission (she's climbing down a latter after Coker, Adama, and Kelly first arrive). Also, Doug Drexler (CG Supervisor for the show) made the point of saying that there were Mark IIIs and Mark IIs throughout the fleet at this point. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:03, 7 December 2012 (EST)
:Yea they are deffinately Mark IIIs. Its very common in wartime for older models to be still fully in service when new models are already being produced. If there is a Mark I in this series its similar in design to the TOS viper and thats just since the TOS is briefly seen in the museum during the miniseries in one shot. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 09:08, 8 December 2012 (EST)

==Size==
Those numbers seem big! Surely you can't just read them off the scale off the graph as that's for the "ground" level, while in the top down view the Vipers we see are several meters up, and so closer to the viewer, so perspective would inflate the apparent size. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 17:35, 14 November 2012 (EST)

:I thought the same thing, but that's the math. The top-down view is an orthographic projection taken directly from Lightwave, so there isn't any perspective distortion make the Vipers look bigger than the floor (the bottom Viper has another one below and slightly ahead of it. You can see the nose and forward wingtips peaking out, and they're exactly the same size as the one above it, proving there's no perspective). I also scaled a Mark II orthographic publicity render to it for comparison, and the cockpits are the same size (and from the shots in B&C, the III seems to be using the same physical cockpit set as the II did). [[http://www.gian-cursio.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Viper237.jpg See for yourself.]] -- [[User:David cgc|David cgc]] 18:27, 14 November 2012 (EST)

::That is a HUGE Viper! Why would that make it so big? I mean, I know Vipers are pretty damn small compaired to modern aircraft but.. would that even still fit in an unmodified launch tube? [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 04:37, 16 November 2012 (EST)

:::Shall we add the length and wingspan back in, then? -- [[User:David cgc|David cgc]] 17:57, 27 November 2012 (EST)

No. At that width the Viper would not even fit into the tubes (approx 6 to 6.3 meters wide). It seems that they shrunk it down in size for B&C. Until an official source shows otherwise, we cannot rely on the diagram, or Drolet's site. Given that the model used in the diagram is far less detailed then the one in the show it could be that it is inconsistent. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 14:42, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

:I'm not so sure, take a look at the photo on the main page of the Viper [[http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:Vipers_in_Hangar.jpg|Viper in the hanger deck]], I think the sizing is spot on. Would we not be able to determine a size with the people standing next to it?

:- [[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]] 10:13PM, 03/10/13 EST

::Without knowing the exact size of the people and how the perspective & their pose effects the measurements the error margin would be too large. If they are the size that Drolet wanted them, they would not fit in the launch tubes. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 05:42, 12 March 2013 (EDT)

==update picture==

This page should update it's main picture as in episode 5 of Blood and Chrome there are much clearer shots of the Viper IIIs that show the whole Viper without obstruction. Tried adding this myself, but unfortunally was not able to include pictures on this Wiki. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 14:33, 23 November 2012 (EST)

Heres a couple of pictures I took of it you can use. http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/_VARGR_/Viper-mark-III.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/_VARGR_/Viper-mark-III2.png

::Tried myself. Didn't work. I don't think it like the dashes (-) you have in the file names. - [[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]

Well if you're able to upload pictures yourself just take one of these and save it onto your computer then upload to the wiki and hopefully that will work. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 19:32, 26 November 2012 (EST)

: Looks like these were already uploaded by Frylock. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 01:04, 27 November 2012 (EST)

== Orthographic images ==

This popped up via Doug Drexler if anyone wants to make an edited version:

[http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Blood-Chrome-Viper-Mark-3.jpg]

[[User:YIIMM|YIIMM]] 18:56, 30 January 2013 (EST)

Yea the perspective view of the MK III would be perfect for a main picture for this page. The current pics from onscreen aren't nearly as clear as this. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 17:12, 1 February 2013 (EST)
*Done and done. How does it look? --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 14:44, 2 February 2013 (EST)
**Looks great.

Some new images of the Viper III model have been shown. One of these might suit for the main picture better.
[http://sci-fi-museum-pierre-drolet-com.webs.com/viper-mark-ii-and-iib] [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 15:17, 6 March 2013 (EST)

Orion class battlestar

2013-03-11T00:21:31Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: Osiris has to borrow it's Vipers from the Valkyrie according to B&C. That's why pilots are not in the crew statistic and Jim Kirby had to come from the Valkyrie.

{{Ship Data
|image= Osiris Prep to Jump.png
| title= ''Orion'' class battlestar
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= 150, minus pilot complement
| role= Battleship, carrier, planetary defense
| weapons= At least 12 primary [[Battery|gun turrets]], 32 [[KEW#Point_defense_guns|point defense batteries]], nuclear, missiles, small [[Raptor|Raptor]] complement. Can operate some [[Viper Mark III|Vipers]].
| status= Active circa 42 BCH. Current status unknown.
}}

The '''''Orion'' class [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]''' was first developed and deployed sometime before or during the First [[Cylon War]]. The ''Orion'' class is also know as a "Pocket Battlestar" or "Half-Pint" and appears among the smaller ships in the Colonial Fleet, dwarfed even by the ''[[Valkyrie Type Battlestar|Valkyrie]]'' type. It is to date the smallest battlestar class seen.

When compared to her larger counterparts, this class is generally more maneuverable, however, it is not considered a match for a [[Basestar_(TRS)#Cylon_War-era_basestars|Cylon basestar]].

== Design ==

''Orion'' class battlestars feature a unique reflective metallic hull which acts as an inhibitor to Cylon DRADIS, and can operate in "stealth mode" within detection range for a short period without being seen.

It featured four large sub-light engines, two of which are attached in separate housings off the main hull, and numerous RCS thrusters at key points. A landing bay is also accessible from the rear.

Furthermore, it is also unique in that it features a large conning tower on top of the main hull, and a large dual antenna array on the ventral back of the ship, taking away from the usual streamlined look of Colonial vessels. This possibly also prevents ships of this class from operating intra-atmosphere.

The underside of the main hull has a large landing bay and Viper launch tubes, housing a small contingent of Raptors. It is also possible to operate a small number of Vipers.

== Weaponry ==

Ships of this class are moderately armed, with at least 32 point defense batteries, 12 primary gun turrets, multiple missile launch tubes, along with Raptors and the potential for a handful of Vipers. Despite this, they are generally unable to stand alone in battle and are easily overwhelmed by the larger Cylon capital ships. Compared with a basestar, the potential Viper complement is outnumbered ten to one by Raiders.

This class appears to feature little defensive armor, possibly a trade-off for the stealth capabilities of the reflective hull, and are easily penetrated by Cylon missile barrages.

== Capabilities ==

The full capabilities of this class are unknown, but appear to be similar to that of a submarine. They appear capable of conducting covert operations behind enemy lines, and support of planetary defense in coordination with their assigned Battlestar Group.

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Talk:Air Force Viper/Archive 1

2013-03-10T21:13:11Z

Phalanx-a-pedian:

=== Caprica[n] Air Force Viper, virtual or real? ===

I wonder if this model shouldn't be listed under the virtual aircraft section in ship templates, since it was only shown as a flight simulator with Zoe and Philomon. As far as I know there's only VFX modeler Pierre Drolet stating it was effectively used as an atmospheric fighter by Caprica. -- [[User:Geo|Geo]] 08:22, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

:i think now that we have pierre drolet's behind-the-scenes comments on these vipers there's actually justification to keep it out of "virtual aircraft" that wasn't there before. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 21:11, 9 March 2013 (EST)

::Doesn't the same hold for the vintage vipers then? I mean, if even Graystone Industries has a painting of these old aircraft hanging in the CEO's boardroam. And the text in the Vintage Viper's article claims the craft is a predecessor of the Air Force Viper. -- [[User:Geo|Geo]] 08:21, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

I think you are putting too much faith in what he says. He may be able to give the back story of the model, and the working names that he called it by, but neither of these mean that that is the cannon story/name. You should take what he says with a pinch of salt, all you can really definitely take from his site is trivia about the design and how it looks. Scale, name, back-story, all these are just what he thinks; "head-canon" basically. He even said that the Mk VIIb name came from him looking at a fan site. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 14:47, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

:absolutely. but in lieu of any other concrete information, what little onscreen info there is and the VFX department's intentions are the only things we have to go on. i think it's a safe assumption that these represent virtual recreations of "real world" planes, unlike things like the dreadnaught and autogyro which are a little more fantastical. but i'm split on the WWII viper, as described by drolet, it seems the WWII plane was designed specifically for V world whereas the AF viper was built with the hopes that it would appear again in subsequent stories and not just as a virtual simulation. we could always split the difference and place all of the virtual and real world aircraft under one heading and leave the specication to the actual pages. [[User:Psutherlin|Psutherlin]] 15:11, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

::Or we could just admit that we don't know, say that it's featured in V-would and may or may not be a real aircraft. The we can mention in trivia that it was intended to be a real one but just never shown as such. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 17:13, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

Talk:Air Force Viper/Archive 1

2013-03-10T18:47:50Z

Phalanx-a-pedian:

Talk:Viper Mark III/Archive 1

2013-03-10T18:42:54Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: /* Size */

==Proof These are MKIII's===

I've been searching for sources that say the vipers of B&C are infact MKIII's, but I can find none. I do know, however, that Adama has to fly a Viper MKII at some point in time during the war, and that he is shown doing so in the Razor flashbacks, during Operation Razor Talon. This occurs after the events of B&C. I strongly believe that the facts indicate the vipers of B&C are MKI's, not MKIII's as everyone seems to assume. [[User:Kodiakus|Kodiakus]] 14:58, 7 December 2012 (EST)

: Watch the scene where Ozar ([[Osiris]]' commander) instructs her officers to requisition the "new Mark IIIs" to aid Kelly's mission (she's climbing down a latter after Coker, Adama, and Kelly first arrive). Also, Doug Drexler (CG Supervisor for the show) made the point of saying that there were Mark IIIs and Mark IIs throughout the fleet at this point. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:03, 7 December 2012 (EST)
:Yea they are deffinately Mark IIIs. Its very common in wartime for older models to be still fully in service when new models are already being produced. If there is a Mark I in this series its similar in design to the TOS viper and thats just since the TOS is briefly seen in the museum during the miniseries in one shot. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 09:08, 8 December 2012 (EST)

==Size==
Those numbers seem big! Surely you can't just read them off the scale off the graph as that's for the "ground" level, while in the top down view the Vipers we see are several meters up, and so closer to the viewer, so perspective would inflate the apparent size. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 17:35, 14 November 2012 (EST)

:I thought the same thing, but that's the math. The top-down view is an orthographic projection taken directly from Lightwave, so there isn't any perspective distortion make the Vipers look bigger than the floor (the bottom Viper has another one below and slightly ahead of it. You can see the nose and forward wingtips peaking out, and they're exactly the same size as the one above it, proving there's no perspective). I also scaled a Mark II orthographic publicity render to it for comparison, and the cockpits are the same size (and from the shots in B&C, the III seems to be using the same physical cockpit set as the II did). [[http://www.gian-cursio.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Viper237.jpg See for yourself.]] -- [[User:David cgc|David cgc]] 18:27, 14 November 2012 (EST)

::That is a HUGE Viper! Why would that make it so big? I mean, I know Vipers are pretty damn small compaired to modern aircraft but.. would that even still fit in an unmodified launch tube? [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 04:37, 16 November 2012 (EST)

:::Shall we add the length and wingspan back in, then? -- [[User:David cgc|David cgc]] 17:57, 27 November 2012 (EST)

No. At that width the Viper would not even fit into the tubes (approx 6 to 6.3 meters wide). It seems that they shrunk it down in size for B&C. Until an official source shows otherwise, we cannot rely on the diagram, or Drolet's site. Given that the model used in the diagram is far less detailed then the one in the show it could be that it is inconsistent. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 14:42, 10 March 2013 (EDT)

==update picture==

This page should update it's main picture as in episode 5 of Blood and Chrome there are much clearer shots of the Viper IIIs that show the whole Viper without obstruction. Tried adding this myself, but unfortunally was not able to include pictures on this Wiki. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 14:33, 23 November 2012 (EST)

Heres a couple of pictures I took of it you can use. http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/_VARGR_/Viper-mark-III.png http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh49/_VARGR_/Viper-mark-III2.png

::Tried myself. Didn't work. I don't think it like the dashes (-) you have in the file names. - [[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]

Well if you're able to upload pictures yourself just take one of these and save it onto your computer then upload to the wiki and hopefully that will work. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 19:32, 26 November 2012 (EST)

: Looks like these were already uploaded by Frylock. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 01:04, 27 November 2012 (EST)

== Orthographic images ==

This popped up via Doug Drexler if anyone wants to make an edited version:

[http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Blood-Chrome-Viper-Mark-3.jpg]

[[User:YIIMM|YIIMM]] 18:56, 30 January 2013 (EST)

Yea the perspective view of the MK III would be perfect for a main picture for this page. The current pics from onscreen aren't nearly as clear as this. [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 17:12, 1 February 2013 (EST)
*Done and done. How does it look? --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 14:44, 2 February 2013 (EST)
**Looks great.

Some new images of the Viper III model have been shown. One of these might suit for the main picture better.
[http://sci-fi-museum-pierre-drolet-com.webs.com/viper-mark-ii-and-iib] [[User:VARGR|VARGR]] 15:17, 6 March 2013 (EST)

Viper Mark III

2013-03-10T18:38:43Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: Removed the alternative name, that was something the modeller used, not a canon name. Also removed length/width, see talk page for notes.

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| title= Viper Mk. III
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= No
| propol= 3 sublight boosters, RCS thrusters
| crew= 1 pilot
| role= Space superiority fighter
| weapons=2 [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|Kinetic Energy Cannons]], Missile hardpoints
| status=Decommissioned
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The '''Viper Mark III''' is a fighter craft used by the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] in the latter part of the [[Cylon War]]. It is the successor of the [[Viper Mark II]] and a precursor to fighters used by the Fleet following the war, including the [[Viper Mark VII]].

During the tenth year of the Cylon War, the Mark III is relatively new, but Colonial vessels including the battlestars ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Osiris]]'' carry full complements.

Colonial Academy recruits practice combat skills in [[holoband]] simulations of the Viper Mark III (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

==Specifications==

The Viper Mark III features:

**an angular forward fuselage cross section
**a revised cockpit canopy featuring rounder edges
**more angular side intakes with intake ramps
**narrower thrust nozzles
**deletion of structures housing the rear undercarriage and reduction of the ventral fairing; all three landing struts retract directly into the main fuselage
**what may be two internal missile launchers on the underside
**control surfaces for maneuverability in atmosphere

== Notes ==

* The Viper Mark III's control stick appears to be a Logitech Wingman.
* The Mark III is similar to an early design for the Mark II Viper made during pre-production of the 2003 [[Miniseries]], which was simplified into the final version to ease the construction of the full-size prop.<ref name="mini">Based on production stills and research from Galactiguise [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=433510556702888&set=a.197073257013287.60928.153581084695838&type=1 Source 1] [https://www.facebook.com/galactiguise/posts/434270826626861 Source 2]</ref>

== Gallery ==

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Image:Vipers in Hangar.jpg|Mk. III Vipers in a hotstack on ''Galactica''.
Image:Viper-mark-III2.png|Mk. III in atmospheric flight.
Image:Viper-mark-III.png|Mk. III in flight.
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Navigation in the Re-imagined Series

2013-03-10T17:20:44Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: /* Distances and speeds in the Miniseries */ 2.7x10^7 m/s is 9%, not 11% of 2.9x10^8 m/s

{{expansion}}
{{RDM science series}}
In the Re-imagined Series, the principles of spaceflight are taken seriously, in that all ships have a logical a process to move in all three axes of movement, and travel at reasonable speeds with methods that don't necessarily duplicate the fantasy flight principles seen in space fantasy, such as ''Star Wars''.

==Reaction Control Systems==

In addition to their [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series#Sublight propulsion|sublight engines]] used for interplanetary travel within a solar system, all ships have a centralized way to move the ship to port or starboard, and to yaw and rotate the ship. This requires the use of an RCS, a reaction control system<ref>In the movie, ''Apollo 13'', the Apollo command/service module's reaction control jets are violently activating to control the spacecraft after the famous oxygen tank explosion, which creates an uncontrolled jet for which the RCS tries to compensate.</ref>.

The reaction control system is designed to provide a spacecraft with guidance and steering. It has two main functions:

* Delivering small amounts of thrust in any desired direction or combination of directions
* Providing torque to allow control of rotation (pitch, yaw, and roll).

Reaction control systems are typically used for:

* Attitude control during entry into an atmosphere until such time as conventional aerodynamic surfaces can be used
* Station keeping in orbit
* Close maneuvering and/or docking
* Orientation control (pointing the nose of the vehicle).

All Colonial vessels utilize RCS for maneuvering and station keeping, although the scale of the systems varies widely.

* [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], [[Raptor]]s and all smaller craft use "cold" RCS systems, most likely utilizing either an inert gas or possibly a high specific-impulse [[Wikipedia:Hypergolic fuel|hypergolic fuel]] mixture
* Very large vessels such as [[battlestar]]s use strategically-mounted sets of very large fuel-burning thrusters, relying on the brute force of such systems to overcome inertia during maneuvers.

Like many other technologies, Cylon attitude control for small craft like [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] is similar or even identical to the Colonials ([[Scar]]).

[[Basestar (RDM)|Basestars]] don't appear to have ''any'' RCS features. This may be an inherent design, as its Raiders and missile systems can be deployed in a 360-degree arc--that is, the basestar can deploy its offensive elements from any direction of the ship.

While basestars have no visible RCS, orientation can be achieved through other means. For examples, reaction wheels use a spinning mass on a spacecraft axis to control attitude. By spinning the reaction wheel in one direction, torque is generated and the spacecraft will rotate in the opposite direction, in accordance with Newton's laws of motion. This system is used on real space platforms, such as the Hubble Space Telescope. However, such systems generate relatively small amounts of torque and they tend to be used in situations where precise orientation takes priority over the need to change orientation rapidly.

Basestars however, have a sublight propulsion system in addition to FTL drives. Basestars can be seen approaching the [[algae planet]] in the episode "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]". This capability can also be inferred from episodes like "[[The Captain's Hand]]" where a basestar is said to be retreating. Its nature however is unknown, as like with the RCS system, no engines are visible on the vessels.

==Distances and speeds in the Miniseries==

* '''''Galactica'' was approximately 335,540,340 miles from one of the Colonies, ostensibly [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], at the start of the [[Miniseries]].'''

To reach this number, clues are taken from [[Billy Keikeya]], on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', enroute to the battlestar for its decommissioning ceremony. Keikeya tells [[Laura Roslin]] that he had sent a copy of her ceremony speech to President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] for review, but warns that there is a time delay of 30 minutes between ''Galactica'' and Adar's actual location, which is [[Epiphanies|confirmed]] as Caprica City, the seat of the Colonial [[Government]] <ref name="jack">President Adar's office on Caprica is confirmed in the second Season episode, "[[Epiphanies]]". Reinforcing this information, Roslin speaks by [[wireless]] to "[[Jack]]", a fellow secretary or government official. Jack tells Roslin of the devastation near his location and Adar's speculated whereabouts and actions. Given that wireless transmission ranges in real-time conversation would limit Roslin to be able to speak only with Caprica (the nearest colony), Jack must be on Caprica, and likely in Caprica City to give him any ability to discuss the president's whereabouts.</ref>.

The speed of light (and of wireless transmissions) in vacuum is 186,282 miles per second. If President Adar sent a [[wireless]] message from Caprica to ''Galactica'' in an attempt to correct Roslin's speech, how long would it take the message to get there? Keikeya gives this answer: 30 minutes. This makes it possible to determine the distance using the equation: ''s = vt'' (or, ''distance = speed x time'')

::(3 x 10^8 m/s) ''(the speed of light)'' x 1800 s ''(30 minutes * 60 seconds/minute)'' = 5.4 x 10^11 meters ''or'' '''335, 500, 000 miles'''

Simplified, the wireless message travels over 335.5 million miles in 30 minutes to ''Galactica''. This is approximately 3.5 [[w:Astronomical unit|astronomical units]], or 3.5 times the distance between Earth and our sun.

* '''''Colonial Heavy 798'' is traveling at a sublight speed of over 61,000,000 miles per hour to get to ''Galactica'' for the decommissioning ceremony.'''

Right after Billy Keikeya's conversation with Laura Roslin on her speech, the captain of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' speaks on the public address intercom of the [[Intersun|starliner]], telling the passengers how long their trip to ''Galactica'' will take: 5.5 hours. Assuming that the starliner has just left the neighboring space of Caprica and has reached its cruising speed, and given that we know ''Galactica's'' distance from Caprica, we can determine ''Colonial Heavy 798's'' cruising speed with the same formula as above, now adjusted to calculate speed:

:5.4 x 10^11 meters ''(the distance in meters)'' / 19800 ''(5.5 hours x 3600 seconds/hour)'' =
:2.7 x 10^7 meters/sec, ''or'' '''61, 000, 000 MPH'''

While ''Colonial Heavy 798'' is moving very fast across space at 61,000,000 miles per hour on its [[sublight]] engines, this is only approximately 9 percent of the speed of light, so passenger liners do well in getting from place to place, or colony to colony. To give a real-world comparison, ''Colonial Heavy 798'' could fly from our sun to Earth in about 90 minutes. The light from the sun takes only 8 minutes to arrive on the Earth's surface.

Given the velocities involved, extremely high accelerations must be used to attain them in reasonable (usable) time frames involved for in-system transportation. Such G forces would kill any humans involved unless some means of dampening them were employed. Given that the technology to perform "space-folding"<ref>This nature of the jump technology is confirmed in the Miniseries podcast</ref> FTL jumps is also available, the technology to manipulate gravity would lie in the same area.

==Alternate calculations for distances and speeds in the Miniseries==

This is an alternative to the above which assumes a thirty light minute distance. A time lag<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag|title =Time lag/latency definition on Wikipedia}}</ref> or delay or latency, in the case of a communication signal occurs both ways. A thirty minute time lag in communication implies that the signal would take fifteen minutes to travel between the two creating a total lag of thirty minutes. In short: It takes thirty minutes for person one to send a message and get a reply
back. This would alter the calculations made to the following.

-''Galactica's'' distance from Caprica would be: 170,000,000 miles

(3 x 10^8 m/s) (the speed of light) x 1800 s (15 minutes * 60 seconds/minute) = 2.7 x 10^11 meters or 170,000,000 miles

-The speed of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' would be 30,000,000 mph

2.7x 10^11 meters (the distance in meters) / 19800 (5.5 hours x 3600 seconds/hour) =
14,000,000 meters/sec, or 30,000,000 mph

-This makes the same assumptions as to the route of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' as the initial proposal.

==FTL jump calculations==

Based on deduction from information gleaned in "[[Scattered]]", a set of jump coordinates could either be given in [[w:Cartesian coordinate system|cartesian]] or [[w:Spherical coordinate system|spherical]] coordinates to specify a point in three-dimensional space.

A possible algorithm for jump calculations would therefore necessitate first and foremost the determination of the exact location of the ship, relative to its intended point of arrival after the jump. This is done by identifying, fixing and triangulating several stars <ref name="tighquote"/>. Next, the ship's position relative to the intended point of arrival would be [[w:Point plotting|plotted]] on a three-dimensional coordinate system, using the ship as its [[w:Origin (mathematics)|point of origin]], i.e. (0/0/0).

Then, the positions of any known stellar bodies and other obstacles would have to be plotted on that coordinate system as well, in order to establish where to jump and where ''not'' to jump.

Finally, the point of arrival would likewise be plotted. The hard part in making a single jump over long distances, like to [[Ragnar Anchorage|Ragnar]] in the Miniseries, would therefore lie not so much in getting the jump drive to manipulate space properly, as in correctly figuring out where possible obstacles, such as stars, black hole or planetary bodies are located and then adjusting the direction of the jump accordingly, so as to land the ship in a clear volume of space.

== Astrometrics ==

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''Galactica'' has an astrometrics lab with optical and x-ray telescopes, that is used to acquire fixes on surrounding stars, which are then used in FTL jump calculations.

==Triangulating the Colonies' "Actual Location" ==

[[Image:Lagoonnebula.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Lagoon Nebula]]
In "[[Home, Part II]]", the [[Wikipedia:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] appears in a holographic map in the constellation of Scorpio<ref>In the show, the nebula is placed in the wrong constellation. On Earth, the nebula actually appears in the constellation Sagittarius. The production team has acknowledged this as an error.</ref> in the [[Tomb of Athena]].

''Galactica's'' location and the rough location of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol can be deduced with simple logic:
[[Image:M42_scattered.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Orion Nebula(?), as seen in "[[Scattered]]". Actual [[Wikipedia:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble Space Telescope]] image at bottom right]]
The nebula is shown from the same vantage point as it would appear to an observer on Earth, yet the characters are able to recognize it. This suggests that the Colonies are on a line of sight "behind" Earth's solar system. Otherwise, the nebula would appear in a different shape and size as it is not a symmetrical object.

If one were to follow a straight line from the Lagoon Nebula to Earth, continuing the line through space would place ''Galactica'', and likely the Colonies, somewhere in the [[Wikipedia:Perseus Arm|Perseus Arm]] of the Milky Way galaxy.
The approximate distance between the Colonies and Earth must be slightly less than 2,000 light years since the journey of the [[Final Five]] took two thousand years travelling at near-light speed. For the same reason, the distance between Kobol and the [[algae planet]] (which is located somewhere between Kobol and Earth) cannot be greater than 1,000 light years since the [[Temple of Five]] was built 3,000 years ago, i.e. within a millennium of the exodus from Kobol ([[No Exit]]).

Most other celestial phenomena in the series are apparently fictional as the events of the series occur 150,000 years ago. Apart from the Lagoon Nebula (M8), the other real-life nebula shown is the [[Wikipedia:Orion Nebula|Great Orion Nebula]] (M42) which is briefly seen in the opening scene of "[[Scattered]]". Both M8 and M42 are large stellar "nurseries" that have existed for millions of years. M42 is 1,350 light years from Earth in the same general direction as Kobol and the Colonies. It is by far the brightest star forming region visible from Earth. The Colonies are located on the other side, hence the vantage point is totally different and the nebula would not be as easily recognizable as the Lagoon Nebula. The Orion Nebula undoubtedly harbors pulsars and dense young star clusters such as the [[Passage (star cluster)|Passage]]. However, nebulae ejected by supernova remnants dissipate after ten thousand to a hundred thousand years [http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=533] which means the [[Ionian Nebula]], [[Lion's Head Nebula]] and [[Eye of Jupiter]] cannot correspond to any real-life supernova remnant/planetary nebula visible today.

[[Image:Locations in BSG galaxy.jpg|thumb|center|730px|Image of Milky Way galaxy from [[Crossroads, Part II]] with the approximate relative positions and distances of the Colonies, Earth, Lagoon/M8 and Orion/M42 Nebulae indicated. The positions of Kobol, Lion's Head Nebula/algae planet are conjectural but they are likely located near M42. Earth is located in the general dirction of the Ionian nebula as seen from the algae planet. The thick green line indicates the approximate route from Earth to the Colonies via the Orion Nebula and Kobol/algae planet.]]
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==What happened in "Scattered"?==

[[Image:jump calculations.jpg|thumb|left|Schematic Diagram showing the three different sets of jump coordinates]]
In "[[Scattered]]", [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] execute FTL jumps according to different sets of coordinates. As a consequence, ''Galactica'' has to jump back along its original jump vector, to the former point of origin of the two jumps, re-acquire new starfixes and calculate the Fleet's current position.

At first glance, this seems counter-intuitive. Since presumably both sets of jump coordinates are known to ''Galactica'', a simple triangulation of the two jump vectors would produce an alternative third set of jump-coordinates which would allow ''Galactica'' to jump to the Fleet directly. A possible explanation is as follows:

The [[emergency jump coordinates]] given to the civilian fleet aren't just an older set of correct coordinates. According to Colonel Tigh, in a conversation with his wife, jump calculations need to be regularly updated to compensate for stellar drift and the movement of the ships themselves. Lieutenant Gaeta was supposed to send the updated jump plots to the other ships but forgot to. <ref name="tighquote">Tigh: "Every watch we update our emergency jump calculations with new star fixes to compensate for inertial drift, and then we transmit them to the rest of the Fleet. This time ours were updated, but theirs weren't. Gaeta was supposed to transmit them to the rest of the Fleet." ([[Scattered]])</ref> As a result, the Fleet jumped with a set of coordinates that didn't fit the local space-time conditions. The concept of a [[blind jump]] is introduced in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]". While jumping with a wrong sets of coordinates probably isn't as risky as jumping with no calculations at all, the destination would still be unpredictable.

''Galactica'' has the coordinates that the civilian ships used to make their jumps, but not their actual position. However, in a process that is largely unexplained, ''Galactica'' is then able to calculate their real location from the Fleet's emergency jump coordinates, as well as the newly acquired starfixes. This unusual procedure can also explain the abnormally long duration (several hours) of the calculations on the initially un-networked computers, compared to the relatively short amount of time jump calculations usually take.

==Sectors==

*[[Prolmar Sector]]
*[[Sector 728]]
*[[List of sectors (RDM)]]

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Fall of the Twelve Colonies

2013-03-04T16:49:12Z

Phalanx-a-pedian:

:''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''
{{Battle Data
|image=Nukes in Miniseries.jpg
|description=Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica
|conflict=Second Cylon War
|date=[[Timeline (RDM)|Zero Hour]], concurrent with [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]
|place=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]
|result=Cylon victory: <br> Devastation of the Twelve Colonies, <br> Destruction of the Colonial Fleet, <br> Forced Colonial survivors.
|combatant1=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|co1=Admiral [[Nagala]] †<br>Commander [[William Adama]]<br>Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]]
|co2=[[Basestar command]]
|strength1=Approx. 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestars]], <br>associated [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], <br> associated [[Raptor|Raptors]], <br> Fleet [[Berzerk type cruiser|support cruisers]]
|strength2=Massive number of [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]], [[Heavy Raider]]s
|shiploss1=Virtual destruction of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]
|shiploss2=Unknown, minimal
|casualties1=Destruction of major Colonial cities, almost all of the civilian population and military forces (estimated at 50 billion)
|casualties2=Unknown, minimal
|prev=[[Battle of Tauron]]
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[[Operation Raptor Talon]] (First Cylon War)
|next=[[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] (concurrent)
|series=RDM
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The Fall of the Twelve Colonies (also known as The Fall, the Cylon attack, Cylon holocaust or Second Cylon War) is a devastating, genocidal attack by the Cylons, designed by [[John Cavil]] to eliminate the human race, and seek revenge on the [[Final Five]] for creating the humanoid Cylons in their image.

==Before the Fall==
The events leading up to the attacks go back at least a few years, when the Cylons (now in human form) begin infiltrating Colonial society. One such Cylon, a [[Number Six]], is involved with Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], a famed computer scientist living on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. Together, they develop [[Command Navigation Program|system upgrades]] for the [[Colonial Fleet]], which gives Six access to the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. There she is able to covertly install backdoors into the new software which the Cylons will later use to shut down Colonial defenses ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

Six years prior to the attacks, Commander [[William Adama]], aboard the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'', is tasked by Colonial admiralty to launch a [[Stealthstar|stealth plane]] across the [[Armistice Line]] into Cylon held space. Piloted by [[Daniel Novacek]], the bird is discovered by an unknown contact, and is shot down by Adama to prevent his pilot from being potentially captured by Cylon forces. The plan fails, and Novachek is captured anyway after he ejects from the Stealthstar, and remains in Cylon custody for at least eight years (including two years post-fall), until he is deliberately released by the Cylons in the hopes that he will kill Adama for his actions. Adama spends the next few years feeling guilt over the incident, which has him thinking it caused the Cylon attacks ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

In the final weeks before the attacks, copies of the Cylon [[John Cavil]] visit the Colonies in order to ensure everything is set. One copy meets with the Number Six on Caprica, passing details about the Colonial computer systems from her to the Cylon fleet, while another meets [[Ellen Tigh]] at a bar on [[The_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)#Picon|Picon]] minutes before the attack begins, to see if she has changed at all. This copy is visibly upset when he discovers she has not ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

==It Begins…==

Prior to the attacks, the Cylon fleet is amassed around the [[The Colony|Colony]], the Cylons' "homeworld." When the command is given, the basestars jump to their targets before striking. It takes the Cylons all but three minutes to access the defense mainframe and shut it down, leaving the Colonies and the Colonial Fleet defenseless ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). This infiltration of Colonial systems combined with the "complete surprise" that the Cylons achieve enables them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses, a triumph beyond their most optimistic projections ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").

===Armistice Station===
The Cylons begin their attack by first jumping to the [[Armistice Station]]. The [[Armistice Officer|Colonial officer on duty]] is shaken when a vessel docks with the station and two Centurions enter the meeting room, followed by a Number Six model. The Six approaches the officer and begins to kiss him passionately. A nearby basestar opens fire at that moment, destroying the station.

===The Colonial Fleet===
Having received the CNP “upgrades”, the Colonial Fleet is easily shut down by attacking Cylon Raiders. The fleet loses at least 30 battlestars (Among these, ''[[Yashuman]]'' and ''Valkyrie'') in the opening wave, which according to Kara Thrace, is a quarter of the fleet. After this news is broadcast, Admiral Nagala takes command of the battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]'', and begins a counter attack near Virgon’s orbit, as per a system plot by Lt. Gaeta aboard the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. The battle doesn’t last long, and ''Atlantia'' is lost along with the battlestars ''Triton'', ''Solaria'', ''Columbia'', and others, prompting ''Galactica'' commanding officer William Adama to take command of the Fleet, and ordering remaining forces to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] for regrouping.

The battlestar ''Galactica'', approximately 300 million miles from Caprica at the time<ref>See [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]] for this calculation, based on data from the Miniseries.</ref>, is largely unprepared for the attacks, having just been decommissioned and transformed into a museum. It dumps its munitions as part of the decommissioning ceremony<ref>This event occurs in a deleted scene of the Miniseries.</ref>, and has lost its primary fighter wing. However, as part of the museum, it has a handful of older [[Viper Mk II]]'s aboard, which Commander Adama has put to use, as ''Galactica'' is attacked herself. The handful of planes are enough to hold off the Raiders, however, not before ''Galactica'' is hit with a nuclear tipped missile. The battlestar comes out relatively unscathed, However, 85 crew members are lost when damage to the fire suppression system necessitates the venting of the port flight pod's atmosphere to prevent the fuel lines from igniting, thus preventing the destruction of the ship. From here, Adama takes command of the fleet, and orders the ship to prepare for an FTL jump to Ragnar to re-arm ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

The battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', under the command of Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]], is docked at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] at the onset of the attacks undergoing a system refit, which left its computer networks offline. Most of the crew is about to take shore leave when the Cylons strike the shipyards. The battlestar is heavily damaged in the opening salvo and there are many casualties, however, thanks to DRADIS interference, the Cylons were not able to confirm its destruction, and continued their assault on the other battlestars and support ships docked at the yards. Not wanting to give the Cylons time to realize their mistake, Cain orders a [[blind jump]] away from the combat zone. The ship re-emerges several plotted jumps away from the Colonies. After sending a recon Raptor back to the colonies to confirm their destruction, the crew begins to make repairs, while Cain plots her next move ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

===The Colonies===
:''Main article: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]''
* '''Caprica''': The bulk of the Cylon Fleet jumps directly to Caprica. After shutting down, and destroying at least four battlestars and their fighter escorts, the baseships begin assaulting the planet with nuclear MIRVs, while simultaneously landing Centurions at various points for ground assaults. [[Caprica City]] is struck with a detonation approaching the 50 megaton range, followed by other strikes on other cities. One of the targeted cities was in view of the [[Caprica City Buccaneers]], who were involved in high altitude training at the time, a slight oversight on attacking forces, since [[Samuel Anders]] was with his team, and out of range of the bombs. Also on Caprica at the time of the attacks was [[Tory Foster]], who was struck by a blast wave while driving her car down a Caprican street. She is found, and brought to Roslin's fleet by a rescue Raptor. After the Colonials flee, Cylon forces work to clear the planet by burning the remains of those who died on the planet, and rounding up survivors for their experimental [[farms]].

* '''Picon''': Picon is struck just as hard as Caprica, with the Cylons completely annihilating [[Picon Fleet Headquarters]] in the first few minutes of the attacks. In a bar, Cavil moves to protect Ellen Tigh from one of the exploding bombs. He moves her to a rescue Raptor, which takes the both of them to the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', before rendezvousing with ''Galactica'' at Ragnar. Picon's major attraction, its harbors, are the main target of the attacking Cylon forces, and are the first struck upon jumping in orbit of the planet ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

* '''Scorpia''': Scorpia is struck by numerous nuclear weapons, as the shipyards in orbit are overrun by Raiders. Several battlestars and support ships are destroyed, and the shipyard itself is left a burning wreck.

* '''Leonis''': Leonis is struck by nuclear warheads as well, and invaded by ground troops, who systematically begin murdering the survivors of the bombings.

* '''Canceron'''. Some detonations are seen on the colony's surfarce from the starliner ''[[Pyxis]]'' while this ship is near the planet.

With these Colonies struck, the Colonials are defeated. After losing the Fleet Headquarters, President [[Richard Adar]] offers the Cylons a complete and unconditional surrender. However, the gesture is ignored by the Cylons, and they continue their assault. Adar and his administration are presumed killed a short time later, and Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]] is sworn in as successor aboard ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' after [[Case Orange]] is broadcasted.

===Civilians Under Attack===
At the onset of the attacks, there were many civilian transports and passenger liners in the space lanes near Caprica. After the Colonial Government shut down these lanes, these ships became trapped and were attacked as they were found by the Cylons. It's not long before Roslin takes the effort to round up the survivors and form a caravan to help get the civilians out of harms way, and sends out [[Sharon Valerii]] in search of more ships. Valerii is able to recover at least three homeless Vipers, and numerous transports, her last being a [[tylium]] transport, before the Cylons jump in and scan their caravan. At this point, Roslin makes the decision to abandon the sublight only ships, and orders the remaining FTL capable ships to jump to Ragnar to rendezvous with ''Galactica''. Around 20+ sublight ships, including a ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' are left behind, and destroyed by an inbound Raider Squadron ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

An additional small caravan of civilian ships, led by the transport ''[[Scylla]]'', are able to survive on their own for a few weeks after the attacks. The Cylons are the first to find them, and are able to destroy a handful of ships, however they manage to escape. Their downfall comes after being found by the ''Pegasus''. Cain strips the ships of crucial parts, abducts many of the civilians for service aboard ''Pegasus'', and leaves the rest to their fates ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

==Rendezvous at Ragnar==
:''Main article: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]''
''Galactica'' successfully completes its jump to Ragnar, despite not having made an FTL jump in over 20 years. the ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew immediately sets out to re-arm the ship, not wasting time. However, the specialists run into a sickly looking man pointing a rifle at them. As the CO is questioning him, a fallen charge detonates, trapping the two behind a now fused hatch. As the two seek an alternate route back to the ship, Adama's First War experiences, and the man's remarks reveal his true nature: he is a Cylon. The radiation surrounding the station has affected his silica pathways which leave him dying a slow and permanent death, however, Adama soon finishes the job after the Cylon, [[Number Two|Leoben]], is able to throw Adama to the ground. Conoy's body is transferred to the ''Galactica'' for further study.

Meanwhile, the civilian fleet arrives in orbit of Ragnar, giving the crew of ''Galactica'' a slight scare as they move down through the cloud layers. President Roslin comes aboard and asks for ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> protection, a notion Adama later strikes down, still hoping and preferring to take the battlestar into combat, until he realizes the Cylons followed them to Ragnar, and are now waiting for them to re-emerge from the gas giant. After deliberating with the President and his executive officer, [[Saul Tigh]], Adama orders the fleet to prep for a jump to the [[Prolmar Sector]], far beyond the [[Red Line]], where he hopes the civilians will be safe.

''Galactica'' is able to emerge from the cover of Ragnar's atmosphere long enough to calculate a jump, [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|and defend the fleet as they jump away]]. Just as the Cylons are sending in a new wave of Raiders, the battlestar recovers its birds, and jumps to join the fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

==Aftermath==
While ''Galactica'' and its fleet are momentarily able to escape the Anchorage, they are constantly tracked by the Cylons who jump to the fleet's location every 33 minutes. This incurs a cat and mouse game that lasts a few weeks after the Cylons attacked, and the Colonials are unable to figure out why, until one ship in the fleet fails to make the rendezvous at an emergency jump location. The ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' is nowhere to be seen, and is presumed to have been left behind, until approx 35 minutes after the last jump, the ship reappears, to everyone's joy. However, Adama quickly orders action stations, and wants the CAP to isolate the ship. Soon after jumping back, the passenger liner makes a move for the fleet, triggering radiological alarms. The ship is shot down by [[Lee Adama]] shortly after, and the Cylon pursuit comes to an end ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]").

The Cylons choose to occupy the Colonies for up to nine months after the attacks. During that time, they start removing the bodies left behind, and attempt to capture healthy females for experimentation in farms. Other models choose to replant cities, and run normal lives much as the Colonials did before the attacks ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]"). This experiment failed, and the Cylons abandoned the Colonies shortly after.

Some surviving Colonials even waged successful resistance movements on Caprica, led by Sam Anders of the C-Bucks ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). The resistance ends when the survivors are evacuated to the fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

Overall, the attacks are a success and a failure at the same time; as a Cavil later remarked, they "had their foot on the throat of humanity" but "failed to step down hard enough." Also, the attacks failed to kill any of the Final Five as Cavil hoped it would do. Eventually, the Five were unknowingly reunited in the Fleet. Cavil gradually came to look upon the attacks as a "mistake" just as he was about to be flushed out of a ''Galactica'' airlock. Four years later, the surviving Colonials would [[Battle of the Colony|launch a direct assault on the heart of Cylon society]], before settling [[Earth (RDM)|a newly discovered planet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

== Related Imagery ==
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Image:Cylon Fleet Surrounding The Colony.png|Cylon fleet gathered around the [[The Colony|Colony]] before jumping to the Twelve Colonies
Image:Basestar FTL Jump The Plan.png|Basestars jumping in over the Colonies
Image:Cylon Fleet Surrounding Twelve Colonies.png|Cylon fleet surrounding the Twelve Colonies
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie The Plan.png|''Valkyrie'' among its sister ships above Caprica
Image:Valkyrie CNP Virus Transmission.png|Cylon commands being transmitted
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie CNP Hack.png|''Valkyrie'' after being disabled by the CNP's backdoors
Image:Basestars Entering Caprica Atmosphere.png|Basestars entering Colonial atmospheres
Image:Closeup Basestar Missle Launcher.png|Basestar prepares to launch nukes
Image:MIRV Spoilers Deployed.png|Cylon MIRV
Image:Individual MIRV Nukes.png|Individual nuclear warheads
Image:Impending Doom.png|Warheads deploy...
Image:Nuclear Detonation Colonial Destruction.png|...and detonate
Image:Nuclear Shockwave Expansion.png|Another view
Image:Terror On The Streets.png|Cylons wreak havoc on the surviving populace
Image:Complete Devastion.png|Destruction
Image:Glorious Demise.png|Caprica City, shortly before being struck with a 50 megaton nuclear device
Image:Death Nuclear Blast.png|Death from incineration

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Sagittaron

2013-02-27T22:18:11Z

Phalanx-a-pedian:

'''Sagittaron'''<ref>The colony's name, Sagittaron, was originally spelled as "Sagittar'''i'''on" in the [[Miniseries]], but this changed to "Sagittaron" when the regular series began.</ref> is a colony located within the star system Cyrannus and is one of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]], it is noted to be one of the poorer colonies due to centuries of exploitation. The Sagittaron capital is the city of Tawa ([[TRS]]: [[Serge's Twitter]]).<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

== Geography and Climate ==

[[Image:ColonialColors10.png|thumb|100px|left|Colors and symbol of Sagittaron]]

The planet's land masses are profoundly mountainous in nature, with hundreds of isolated valleys dotted amongst them. Of note is the river Acheron, winding through the mountain ranges for perhaps several thousand kilometers, finally finding its way to the sea through a delta at which end lies an active volcano several kilometer offcoast.

The capital Tawa is situated over 1,600 kilometers inland where two rivers flow into a confluence, either merging to form the Acheron, or joining the main stem of the river. It is a city of marvelous temples and egg-shaped storage structures as a precaution for flooding and storms.

The climate in Sagittaron's fertile valleys is said to be agreeable, something that cannot be told about the mountain trails connecting them, which experience difficult weather circumstances and become impassable during winter, isolating the communities during this time of year.<ref>As mentioned in [http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/beyond-caprica-a-vistors-pocket-guide-to-the-twelve-colonies/detail.php?p=268969 Beyond Caprica - A visitor's pocket guide to the Twelve Colonies]</ref>

== History ==

Sagittarons endured centuries of exploitation at the hands of the other Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]"), leading to the colony becoming one of the poorest ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]").

This continued even during [[Articles of Colonization|unified Colonial rule]], so that eventually [[Tom Zarek]] of the [[S.F.M.]] led an organized series of terrorist acts against the established government there, many years before the fall of the Colonies. One of these acts include blowing up a government building ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]"). Under Sagittaron penal law, convicted felons lose their citizenship, but have it automatically reinstated after they finish serving their sentences. This included the right to vote and to stand for election ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").
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== Culture ==

The Sagittarons practice a form of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonial religion]] that can trace its roots back for at least 1,000 years. Like the [[Gemenon|Gemenese]], they developed a staunch religious stance but with possibly a greater emphasis on traditional folk practice than scripture. They view medicine as "an abomination, a sin against the gods," and instead use charms and natural remedies to promote health, such as the [[soma braid]] or the [[burdock root]]. This stubbornness and their perceived backwards nature has led to a bitter dislike by members of the other Colonies. During the Second Exodus, the bitterness is reinforced by the fact that many Sagittarons on [[New Caprica]] did not help to fight the Cylons, suggesting that the Sagittarons are also pacifists by nature.

They are strong adherents of [[Wikipedia:herbalism|herbal medicine]] and reject much of modern medicine, which has lead to derogatory terms such as "stubborn rootsucking jackasses". Dr. [[Michael Robert]] expresses skepticism about its effectiveness, however his statement implies that there has not been any serious research on the subject. Many Sagittarons wear [[soma braid]]s around their wrists, believing it will bring them health.

Given the long history of exploitation and persecution of Sagittaron, their rejection of modern medicine and distrust of the military may have a common source. Dualla, who is a Sagittaron herself, describes her people as "paranoid, pigheaded, and argumentative" ([[TRS]]: "[[The Woman King]]").

== Trivia ==

*In the [[Tomb of Athena]], the statue of an archer representing the leader of the tribe of Sagittarius, is missing its arrow. The [[Arrow of Apollo]] is placed on the statue, which activates a hologram that gives the Fleet its first waypoint to the location of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]").
*[[William Adama]]'s old [[Viper 7242|Viper Mark II]] is found on a salvage yard on Sagittaron, and later rebuilt as a gift from his [[deckhand]]s to the retiring battlestar commander ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries, Night 1]]").
*Sagittaron had 5,251 natives residing in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] after their colony's destruction ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]").

===Natives===
*[[Priyah Magnus]]
*Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Tom Zarek]], Vice President and former Sagittaron representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]
*[[Valance]]
*[[Leon Grimes]]
*[[Portia King]] and her son, [[Willie King]]
*Mr. [[Buckminster]]
*[[Jacob Cantrell]], Sagittaron's last representative on the Quorum.

==In Other Continuities==

Sagittaron is depicted differently (and extensively) in [[Dynamite Comics]]'s comic series that focus on the life of [[Tom Zarek]] before and leading up to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. See [[Sagittaron (alternate)]] for details.

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Columbia (TRS)

2013-02-26T13:51:50Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: Drat, sorry :P

:''For information on an [[Original Series]] [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] of the same name, see [[Columbia (TOS)]].''

At least two [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] have been named '''''Columbia'''''.

== First ''Columbia'' ==
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'''''Columbia''''' is one of the [[Galactica class battlestar|original twelve]]<ref>In the [[Miniseries, Night 1|first night of the Miniseries]], [[Aaron Doral]] mentions that there were twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|''Galactica'' type battlestars]] created during the [[Cylon War]]. ''Columbia'' is clearly of the same class as ''Galactica'', and thus belongs to this type.</ref> battlestars created during the [[Cylon War]].

During the twelfth year of the war, it is assigned to [[Operation Raptor Talon]] along with ''Galactica'' and one other battlestar, where they attempt to attack a Cylon post on an [[Ice_planet|ice planet in or near Colonial space]]. Halfway through the operation, ''Columbia''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> mid-ship defense zone fails, and it is targeted by [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] forces. Despite attempts by Colonial [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots to fend off the attacks, ''Columbia'', on fire and adrift in space, is destroyed a short time later. Someone on the ship has enough time to send out a warning for pilots to clear its airspace before an explosion tears through its hull. ''Columbia'' is one of the last ships lost during the war, with the Cylons signing an [[Cimtar (RDM)|armistice]] shortly after the ship's destruction.

It resembles other battlestars of its class during the war, with hull plating covering its ribbing and the Colonial seal and hull number printed on the side of the "alligator head" forward section. However, it is finished with blue paint rather than red, as seen on ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s hull ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]").

===Gallery===
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image:Columbia On Fire.png|''Columbia'' under attack.
image:Columbia Death.png|''Columbia''<nowiki></nowiki> is gone
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== Second ''Columbia'' ==
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'''''Columbia''''' is a battlestar in service with the [[Colonial Fleet]] immediately before the fall of the Colonies. It featured integrated command and control systems and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP). It is reported as lost, along with ''[[Solaria]]'' and ''[[Triton (RDM)|Triton]]'', during the initial moments of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

[[William Adama]] once served as [[executive officer]] on ''Columbia'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). [[Galen Tyrol]] also served on this ship at some point in his long career ([[TRS]]: "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]").

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==Notes==

* The name ''Columbia'' is a derivation of the name of fifteenth century Genoan explorer [[Wikipedia:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]], which itself is derived from the Latin ''columba'', meaning "dove" or "pigeon"). While at first glance such an Earth-based name seems an unlikely choice for an "alien" culture, it might hint at a [[Sacred Scrolls#Earth as the true origin of the human species|different version]] of the Twelve Colonies' ancient history.

* Many fans believe ''Galactica'' to be a Columbia class battlestar. However, this is not supported by [[BW:CJ|official sources]] in either the [[Original Series|Original]] or the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For the battlestar type ''Galactica'' belongs to, see [[Galactica type battlestar]].

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2013-02-26T13:48:40Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: Hopefully this will work...

User talk:Phalanx-a-pedian

2013-02-14T13:50:38Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: /* Valkyrie Type Battlestar */

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== Valkyrie ==

There is only one Battlestar Valkyrie. The Galactica type Battlestar seen is unnamed. --[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]

::If you look at the episode, when they are travelling in the fleet they look out one side of the viper while talking about Valkyrie. All the shots are consistent in showing that there is only one battlestar on this side, the Galatica type. Thus there must be two Valkyries, one in the cylon war, and one years later of a different class. The Valkyrie types seen are un-named, the Galactica type is named "''Valkyrie''". [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 21:22, 17 November 2012 (EST)

:::There has to be some way to clarify this. The crew of the Raptor was also looking up - towards the small Valkyrie type above them. The presence of the Valkyrie type is already enough to err on the side of caution...? --[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]

::::When they start off talking the Galactica type is above and to their right, by the time they stop talking about the Loki they are parallel to the Galactica types top. At no point are they to the right of any Valkyrie type and (even they there is a Brezerk class in the way at one point) they are looking in roughly the right direction for the Galactica type the entire time that they are talking about it. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 21:43, 17 November 2012 (EST)

:::::Is there a way to just combine both ships into one page, similar to the ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Colombia]]'' page? That way we don't have separate pages for both ships. It seems odd having (Second Cylon War) written at the top. --[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]

::::::There definitely is, I just feel that the new one deserves its one page while the first one doesn't really. The options we have are:
::::::*Put them in the same page like Columbia (I think this would look quite messy due to not enough text to match the size of the info box for the first one and that one logically being first).
::::::*Two separate pages with ([first/second] cylon war).
::::::*The current solution.
::::::*move the second valk page back to its original name and have a dis note saying that this is the second valk and linking to either the list of battlestars #valkyrie page or to the page on the original (My preference).
::::::[[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 22:36, 17 November 2012 (EST)

:::::::Is there a consensus? Having the odd title make the Valkyrie page an odd man out from the rest of the entries. --[[User:Frylock86|Frylock86]]

::::::::''Valkyrie'' should really be one page, sectioned off like ''[[Columbia (RDM)]]'' is. Also, in the future, it would be advisable to discuss such changes first on the appropriate talk page before executing them on a whim (even if they are well intentioned). -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:40, 18 November 2012 (EST)
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:::::::::I disagreed with Phalanx-a-pedian and he is wrong. The Valkyire is not a Galactica-type Battlestar. Because when they are talking, Adama is looking up toward the Valkyrie-type that is above Raptor 909. At no time does he look to the side to where the unnamed Galactica-type Battlestar is located. The last shot we seen of the Raptor and 2 Vipers show then almost beside the Berzek, which is blocking the unnamed Galactica-type Battlestar. Then it show the cockpit and Adama is looking up and talking about the Valkyrie. I think it make more sense to assumed that the Valkyrie is the same class till evidence present it not.

:::::::::Also, the title of the page shouldn't be Valkyrie (Second Cylon War) as the recon mission happen before the start of the Second Cylon War. Maybe it should be either Valkyrie or Valkyrie (Valkyrie-type Battlestar). {{unsigned|Allenknott3}}

:::::::::I agree with Allenknott3; I think it'd be extremely bizarre for them to put the Valkyrie model into that shot and mention it by name if it wasn't supposed to be the one seen in Hero. Although it might be very slight conjecture claiming that they're the same ship, it's even bigger conjecture to claim it was the Galactica type instead. [[User:YIIMM|YIIMM]] 13:19, 18 November 2012 (EST)

:::::::::::According to Doug Drexler, the Valkyrie mention in B&C is the same ship as seen in Hero. He replies to my facebook message, "Hi Allen! From the VFX departments POV, Valkyrie in B&C was the ship from "Hero". It makes for a much more interesting story : )" [[User:Allenknott3|Allenknott3]]

::::::::::::I knew it had to be, with the ''Valkyrie/Yashuman'' type seen in the ghost fleet, it only made sense. Odd seeing the class in service for the First Cylon War, but it appears the Colonials have a more extensive fleet, than was first let on in the Miniseries. Here I was hoping to get to know the ''Galactica'' and her class on a more personal level, but alas... - [[User:frylock86|Frylock86]]

== Valkyrie Type Battlestar ==

Phalanx-a-pedian, during your latest revision of this article, you added the following phrase in the Flight Pod section:

''The tubes are also significantly longer then those of other Battlestars. There are three separate points that vipers could be lowered from the hanger into the tubes. It is possible that this allows for a much higher rate of launch.''

What do you mean with the "three separate points" part? Three points per tube where a Viper could be lowered into the launch tube (for a total of 9 points on each flight pod), or just one access point for each tube? If the latter, it's a bit extraneus. If you meant the former, I've never seen hard info on the composition of a Valkyrie type hangar deck, so I'd appreciate if you could point me to it. --[[User:Geo|Geo]] 15:41, 13 February 2013 (EST)

:Woops, I hadden't realised I had actually added that part. I had typed it and intended to take it out because I realised it would be slightly hard to support. Basically when you look at the underside of the pods, you can see that in addition to the back area (which is larger then necessary simply to load vipers, possibly a "staging area"), there are a couple of thicker points along the tubes that could physically hold lifts for dropping vipers in. This is all speculative though, so if you want to remove it go ahead. In case you-re interested there is also a point on either side of the head that looks very much like a Raptor pad. I'm currently investigating the class for the purposes of a fan-fic and trying to find out as much as I can about it. For example, the main guns have a barrel diameter of aprox 0.8 meters. [[User:Phalanx-a-pedian|Phalanx-a-pedian]] 08:50, 14 February 2013 (EST)

Valkyrie type battlestar

2013-02-13T16:09:18Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: Updated the size figures.

{{Ship Data|
|image= Bsg-ambush fleet.jpg
| title= ''Valkyrie'' type battlestar
| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| propol = 4 sublight engines, maneuvering thrusters
| crew= Unknown
| role= Capital battleship/carrier
| weapons= 20 small dual mounted turrets, 33 heavy dual turrets capable of firing missiles, Unknown number of point defense guns, at least 6 ship-to-ship missiles silos
| status= Fleet [[Cylon attack|sabotaged]] by Cylon forces
| length= {{Meters2Feet|748}}<ref>Calculated from the width of a launch tube (6 meters). Figure does not include antennae.</ref>
| width= {{Meters2Feet|269}}<ref>As with the length and height.</ref>
| height= {{Meters2Feet|71}}<ref>As with the length and width.</ref>
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The '''''Valkyrie'' type [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]''' was first developed and deployed during the [[First Cylon War]]. This line of ships are still in service, and actively deployed over 40 years later, before the [[Cylon Attack|Fall of the Colonies]], and appear to make up a majority of the [[Colonial Fleet]].

==Overview==

The ''Valkyrie'' type line of ships was first developed and deployed alongside the ''Galactica'' type nearly 50 years before the Fall of the Colonies during the First Cylon War. At the time, they appeared to function as a support vessel for battlestar groups, and not as a flagship (''[[Blood and Chrome]]''). In the years since, the line has become a forerunner in the Colonial fleet, out numbering the remaining ''Galactica'' type and ''Mercury'' class fleets. Ships of the ''Valkyrie'' line are some of the smallest ships in the modern Colonial Fleet, carrying less Vipers and Raptors as their larger counterparts. Despite this, their crews are not afraid to tackle threats head on, as three ships of the class where known to move in and engage Cylon basestars over [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], before fleet communications went down ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

== Layout ==

===Main hull===

The ''Valkyrie'' type is one of the smaller ships in service with the Colonial Fleet. Measuring around 700 meters long, it was about the half the size of a [[Galactica type battlestar|''Galactica'' type battlestar]]. Overall, it still shares the "common" battlestar design, consisting of an "alligator head," mid-ship section with flight pods, and aft engineering section, housing the main sublight engines. Since it is so small, many of its components are exposed, or semi-exposed on the underside of the ship, the FTL drive being the most prominent ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). Physically it was far more "jagged" then other battlestar classes, with numerous sharp edges offset by numerous curved lines. The hull was covered with batteries, missile launchers, and numerous hatches, giving it a sharp and streamlined but functional look.

===Flight Pods===
[[Image:Valkyrie CNP Virus Transmission.png|thumb|left|Forward shot of the ''Valkyrie'', showing the underside, and Viper launch tubes.]]

:''Main article: [[Flight pod]]''

The flight pods on the ships of the line, serve the same purpose as they do on its larger counterparts; however, they are not able to carry as many planes, or support larger vessels, like the ''Galactica'' type or the ''Mercury'' class. Despite being over 40 years old, the flight pods do not retract on this class either, and remain completely stationary, even for FTL jumps.

The hanger deck facilities are smaller, and sits in between the flight deck, and the Viper launch tubes which run parallel to the pods. Having only three tubes per pod, the ''Valkyrie'' line of ships has significantly less launching capabilities than any other battlestar in the fleet, however, this doesn't keep them from being on the front lines, and may suggest a more offensively oriented approach to Viper launches. The tubes are also significantly longer then those of other Battlestars. There are three separate points that vipers could be lowered from the hanger into the tubes. It is possible that this allows for a much higher rate of launch. ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]", "[[The Plan]]").

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===Orthographics===
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Image:ValkyrieOrthoTopSide.jpg
Image:Valk Bottom.jpg
Image:Valk ends.jpg
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==Specifications==
===Propulsion===

:''Main article: [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series]]''

Ships of the ''Valkyrie'' line have 4 sublight engines attached to the ventral side of the ship at the rear. There are also maneuvering thrusters placed in strategic positions along the hull.

===Computer systems===

:''Main article: [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series]]''

The computer systems on the ''Valkyrie'' types were presumably isolated to start with, and non-networked, however, 40 years after the Cylon War had ended, they were upgraded, networked, and under the control of the compromised [[Command Navigation Program]], along with the rest of the Colonial Fleet. Thanks to this, the Cylons were able to take control of the battlestar's systems and shut them down before their attack.

===Armament===
[[Image:3x8-Valkyrie-Firing.jpg|thumb|right|''Valkyrie'' firing a ship to ship missile ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").]]
[[Image:Valkyrie batteries.jpg|thumb|right|A missile battery on ''Valkyrie'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").]]

:''Main article: [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series]]''

*20 small dual mounted turrets.

*33 heavy dual turrets capable of firing missiles.

*Unknown number of point defense guns.

*At least 6 ship-to-ship missiles silos
:The Valkyrie type has more weapons per square meter then any other class. Equipped with 20 small turrets, and 33 heavier (though much smaller then on other classes) ones, it has a huge number of guns. Presumably, there are an unknown number of point defense guns that would be located between the armor plating, much like the Mercury-class. This class mostly relies on missiles weapons than other classes, with the large turrets capable of firing small anti-fighter missiles, and with at least 6 silos containing ship to ship missiles.

*Small compliment of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] space superiority fighters.
:Size and disposition of a typical Valkyrie-type's airwings is never stated, however in "The Plan" Valkyrie has at least 20 Vipers nearby. Yet, this is not evidence that this represents the full airwing.

*Small compliment of [[Raptor]] multi-role vehicles.

=== Capabilities ===

Although a small hull (at least when compared to ships like the ''Mercury'' Class or ''Galactica'' type and not as small as the ''Orion'' type) these ships were heavily used. It may have served in a role similar to cruisers in modern navies as they are shown being used for a number of roles including patrols, covert operations and even planetary protection. The small size, mass production, and apparent range of abilities presumably meant that it was perfect for a peace time fleet, as they would be cheaper to produce than the larger Mercury or Galactica types, and would have a number of uses. It may have lacked the ability to produce Vipers unlike it's larger cousins.

==Ships of the Line==
<gallery perrow=10>
Image:3x8-Valkyrie-Firing.jpg|battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]''
Image:Valkyrie close up.jpg|battlestar ''[[Yashuman#Yashuman|Yashuman]]''
Image:Nameless Battlestar.png|[[Unnamed_battlestars#Valkyrie_type|Unnamed]]
</gallery>

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== Notes ==

*In "Razor," a few ''Valkyrie-''types can be seen at the Scoprion Fleet Shipyards with what would appear to be a roll bar above the engine section. This feature is not present during the Cylon attack on the shipyards, leading to speculation that the ships seen with the roll bar were in fact different to those seen without it. 

*The [[Science of Battlestar Galactica]] names two Battestars as being at the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards during the attack. These ships, ''Bellerophon'' and ''Ramses'', are thus likely examples of this class.

== References ==
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Hero

2013-02-13T14:02:06Z

Phalanx-a-pedian: /* General */

: ''For the two [[humanoid Cylon]]s that are hailed as heroes in "[[Downloaded]]", see [[Heroes of the Cylon]].''
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== Overview ==
:''A [[Daniel Novacek|figure]] from [[William Adama|Adama]]'s past returns to haunt him. His return raises questions about why the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] launched their [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|initial attack]] against the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].''

== Summary ==

=== On ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ===

* ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' detects three [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]]. Much to the surpise of the [[CIC]] crew, two Raiders are pursuing a third Raider, damaged by Cylon gunfire. [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] are dispatched. After destroying the pursuing Raiders, they go after the third.
* In CIC, [[Admiral Adama]] orders Kat and Starbuck to escort the Raider to ''Galactica'', after hearing, from the Raider, a familiar human voice and callsign: [[Bulldog]].
* In the hangar bay, the party are surprised that a human has exited the Raider. A visibly weak Daniel Novacek salutes Adama; Adama returns the gesture.
* In sickbay, Cottle states that Bulldog's DNA signature matches his military records, concluding that he is not a Cylon. Admiral Adama relays this information the [[Laura Roslin|President]], who asks to meet him.
* Over a meal of noodles Adama asks Novacek how he escaped. He relates a story of plague on the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] and escaping after killing a [[Number Three]] with a blow to the nose delivered through the cell bars. He mentions that the Cylons complained of an infectious illness at the time, believing this offered him the chance to escape.
* Bulldog is debriefed by the President with Adama present, where they tell a (decidedly shaky) story of a Tauron mining facility too close to the Armistice Line. Skeptical, Roslin immediately questions Adama's story following the debriefing. He replies that it is "his mess" and asks that he resolve it. Once she leaves, Adama kicks over a table in frustration.
* Novacek sees [[Saul Tigh]] in his quarters shortly after Adama talks to him. Tigh informs Novacek that Adama (aboard the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'') ordered Novacek shot down to get rid of evidence of their incursion into Cylon space to spy.
*Meanwhile, Adama makes a similar confession to his son, [[Lee Adama|Lee]], stating his belief that he provoked the Cylon attacks on the Colonies. By presenting humanity as warmongers, he may have left the Cylons with no choice but to strike first. Aghast at first, Lee Adama tries to console his father, blaming the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Fleet Admiralty]], saying that he was "only one man." Adama replies, "It only takes one."
* [[Kara Thrace]] reviews their Viper's gun film from the fight with the Cylon Raiders and realizes that the Cylons were deliberately missing their target, allowing Bulldog escape. She goes to Saul Tigh with this information, who deduces that Bulldog was sent there by the Cylons to kill the admiral.
* Tigh finds Novacek attempting to murder Adama (mixed with flashbacks of Bulldog let out of his cell) and stops him.
* Adama later presents his resignation to Roslin. Bemused, she accuses him of naivete, and points out that the Admiralty may have been trying to provoke a war with the Commander as scapegoat. Nor can he say with confidence that any one act triggered the Cylon holocaust. She then tells him that his 'penance' will be to accept a [[Medal of Distinction]] for his long years of service, a gesture badly needed for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet's morale]].
* After sending Novacek off to a berthing on another ship with a uniform, Tigh (now wearing an eyepatch instead of medical gauze) and Adama sit down for a drink in the admiral's quarters to discuss [[Ellen Tigh]]'s death on [[New Caprica]].

=== On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===
*In a dream, [[Three]] is trying to avoid Marines on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. The Marines corner her against a hatch labelled "End of Line." The Marines raise their weapons and Three tells them to shoot.
*As the shots go off, Three wakes up in bed with [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]]. She has apparently been having a sexual relationship with Baltar and possibly Six as well.
*In the Cylon control room, Caprica-Six questions Three about her bad dreams. Caprica Six asks if the dreams are about Baltar. Three indicates otherwise, but does not elaborate.
*Three gives a [[Cylon Centurion]] orders to shoot her, and then delete any information regarding the incident. The Centurion obeys and shoots her in the head. In the moments before she is downloaded, she experiences memories from New Caprica and a startling vision of [[Final Five|five white-robed beings]] whose identity is obscured.
*Three awakes in a [[Cylon rebirthing tank]] where a Three, Five, Six, and Eight help her recover. The downloaded Three tells her counterpart, "There's something beautiful, miraculous between life and death."

== Notes ==

=== General ===

*This episode shares some plot elements with the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[MemoryAlpha:The Defector|The Defector]]," written by Moore. Notably, it begins with a dramatic chase delivering a dubious ally into friendly hands that is later shown to be staged. Additionally, both episodes feature plots revolving around a contested border.
*Novacek's capture was loosely inspired by the [[w:U-2 Crisis of 1960|U-2 Crisis of 1960]] in which [[w:Francis Powers|Francis Powers]] was shot down by the Soviets in his [[w:Lockheed U-2|U2 spy plane]].<ref>{{cite companion|page=56|season=3}}</ref>
*Laura Roslin reviews a [[:md:Image:Dossier.png |dossier]] prepared for her by [[Billy Keikeya|Billy]] on her [[Miniseries, Night 1|first day]] aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. It includes large photos of ''Galactica'', a photograph of the CIC crew of ''[[Valkyrie]]'', a (somewhat illegible) certificate appointing [[Saul Tigh]] as "Junior Executive Officer" in the Colonial Forces, and a cursory biography of William Adama. This biographical information has been integrated into [[William Adama]] article. Also, an analysis of Colonial dates used in the dossier can be found in the [[Colonial calendar]] article.
*Admiral William Adama names his son to succeed him as commander of ''Galactica'' in his [[:md:Image:3x8-Hero-ResignationLetter.jpg|resignation letter]], given that Lee Adama commanded ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.
*Both [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Sharon Agathon]] appear in this episode, but neither has any lines.

=== Pre-Holocaust ===

*In Adama's flashback, the admirals are wearing their decorations on their day uniforms. This contrasts with most Colonial Fleet officers shown thus far, who only wear their decorations on their dress uniform sash.
*Admiral Corman's office is decorated with weapons and war memorabilia. Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]]'s quarters were similarly decorated. Both individuals seemed ready, almost eager, for a conflict.
*A [[Continuity errors (RDM)|continuity error]] in the flashback to the ''Valkyrie'' CIC has Adama wearing admiral's insignia on his uniform.

=== Cylons ===

*In her vision of the Opera house, Three briefly glimpses five white figures. In his Podcast for this episode, Moore implies that these correspond to the final five Cylon models.<ref name="podcast">{{cite rdm podcast| episode = Hero| act = 3 | id =fivecylons| timestamp = 00:30:51 | totalrunning = 00:47:05 }}.</ref>
*In Number Three's dream, the door at which she is shot by the Marines is labeled "End of Line". As well as being a metaphor for death, this is a statement repeated often by the Cylon [[Hybrid]]. "End of Line" is a also a reference to the movie [[w:Tron (film)|''Tron'']] <ref name="podcast2">{{cite rdm podcast| episode = Hero| act = 1 | id =endofline| timestamp = 00:16:56 | totalrunning = 00:47:05 }}.</ref> and could also be a computer/programming reference.

=== Production ===

*Adama jokingly chides Novacek for his "bullshit attitude". The line was cut in the broadcast of the episode on the [[Sci Fi Channel]] in America, however in the release of the video on [[iTunes]], in the Canadian broadcast on the [[w:Space: The Imagination Station|SPACE channel]] and in the UK and Ireland broadcast on [[Sky One]], the line was included.
*For the episode, [[Bear McCreary]] created a musical theme for Novacek, called "[[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)#Novacek theme|Novacek's Theme]]", which was "very much inspired by [[w:Alfred Hitchcock|Hitchcock]]'s collaborations with composer [[w:Bernard Herrmann|Bernard Herrmann]]". <ref name="bear_mccreary">{{cite_web|url=http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=75|title="Hero"|date=17 November 2006|accessdate=25 November 2006|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=blog|language=English}}</ref>

== Analysis ==

=== General ===

*Dialogue in this episode consistently places the events of the Stealthstar mission three years prior to the present and one year prior to the [[Cylon attack]]. However, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama, Felix Gaeta, Galen Tyrol, Kara Thrace and Sharon Valerii served together on ''Galactica'':
** Gaeta: "And may I also take this opportunity to say it's been both a pleasure and an honor to serve under you these past three years." ([[Miniseries]])
** Tyrol: "Sir, on behalf of Deck Crew Five I'd like to present a token of our esteem and appreciation for the many years you've served as commanding officer of this ship." (Miniseries)
** Adama: "We [Thrace and I] talked about a lot of things. We've been aboard this ship for over two years, we know each other very well." ([[Act of Contrition]])
** Adama: "Chief Tyrol's been under my command for over five years." ([[Litmus]])
** Adama: "She [Boomer] was a vital, living person… aboard my ship for almost two years." ([[The Farm]])
** Tigh: "I think there's part of you that looks into [[Sharon Agathon|that thing]]'s eyes and still sees that [[Sharon Valerii|young girl]] that reported aboard two years ago as a [[rook]] pilot. Well, it's not. It never was. Bill, it's a ''machine''." ([[Sacrifice]])
:Since it is not specified which ships Tyrol and Gaeta served with Adama on, it is theoretically possible that they followed Adama from ''Valkyrie'' to ''Galactica'' as well. This scenario is highly unrealistic, however, and still conflicts with the statements that Thrace and Valerii served with Adama ''on Galactica'' for two years. [[Sources:Adama's Dossier|Adama's dossier]] places his taking command of ''Galactica'' at '''six''' years prior to the Cylon attack (or eight years prior to the episode). While such documents are frequently unreliable and inconsistent, this fits with the above comments and with Tyrol's statement in the Miniseries that Adama commanded the battlestar for "many years". ''Battlestar Wiki'' thus chooses to consider the dialogue in "Hero" a [[Continuity errors (RDM)|continuity error]] and to place the flashback events at six years before the Miniseries. (''See David Eick comments in [[Hero#Official Statements|Official Statements]] for rebuttal.'')
*The last two scenes of "Hero" seem to have been edited to ensure that the final scene is with Adama and Tigh. Right after the celebration scene, Adama is seen giving Bulldog a new uniform, but Adama is wearing his everyday uniform. In the final scene with Tigh, Adama is wearing his dress grays from the celebration. It appears at the very least, the two scenes were in reverse order, meaning the episode originally ended with Adama giving Bulldog his new uniform.
*There is at least [[Stoffa|one other doctor]] of some kind in the fleet, because Cottle instructs Bulldog to report to him.
**This doctor is probably a psychotherapist that specializes in some sort of mental trauma issues. Considering that Bulldog was in captivity for such a long time, and his breakdown while attacking Adama, at the very least, Bulldog will need a counselor to help him work through all of the emotional and mental scars that he's endured. Cottle had already confirmed that Bulldog was generally well cared for, physically, by the Cylons.

=== Characters ===

*Adama and Roslin know each other well enough by now to tell when the other is lying even when others around can't. Roslin has always been the better of the two in this ability, as early as revealing Adama's initial ruse about the location of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] ([[Miniseries]]).
*At the end of the episode, [[Saul Tigh]] is trying to deal with his guilt over his wife, but he does not seem to want his job as XO back, at least not any time soon.
*Adama's feelings of guilt over his actions during ''Valkyrie's'' mission shed new light on the motivation for his speech at ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremony. Also, they explain his near-monomania with safeguarding and/or rescuing those under his command or protection.
*Kara Thrace going to Tigh with her findings is an acknowledgment of their shared semi-pariah status and the connection that was shown in "[[Collaborators]]" for the first time.

=== Cylons ===

*The Cylons are able to detect and destroy the [[Stealthstar]] that had only entered two kilometers into their space. This seems suspicious given the fact that they were unable to detect the [[Blackbird]], presumably a far less sophisticated design. Either the Cylons had more advanced detection equipment on the [[Armistice Line]], or they had advance knowledge of Bulldog's mission. The latter may have been a result of [[Caprica-Six]]'s work with Baltar, if the timelines line up (meaning if Six had gotten the access to the Defense mainframe before Novacek's mission).
**Given that the Stealthstar was built by an aerospace company, it can safely be assumed to be more sophisticated. However, it is only speculation that the Blackbird's stealth capabilities were less effective overall. While the Blackbird's hull is known to be made from carbon composites, the Stealthstar's technology is unknown.
**In addition, the Cylons near the Armistice Line would have known to look for stealth ships, as they probably suspected that the Colonial Fleet would try to gain intelligence on the Cylon military status. After the destruction of the Colonies, it is unlikely that the Cylons believed that the Colonials were still in possession of any kind of stealth fighter and would not attempt to detect one.
**Bulldog was communicating to ''Valkyrie'' before being attacked and used active DRADIS. Additionally, the Stealthstar seems to have been equipped with a transponder, as ''Valkyrie'' was able to track the Stealthstar. The Cylons may have been able to detect this radiation and fire at the source of it.
**{{spoilli|It also bears noting that, unlike the Stealthstar, the principal designer of the Blackbird was a Cylon. Although his true memories were blocked by Cavil, presumably Chief Tyrol has detailed knowledge of Cylon technology somewhere in his subconscious. }}
*Bulldog's story is even less believable given the fact that it took Kara Thrace several hours to gut a [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]] and learn how to fly it. The Raider Kara captured was damaged, but it would still have taken Bulldog some time to adapt the Raider for his own use.
**As the episode implies that Bulldog was deliberately released by the Cylons in an effort to direct his anger towards Adama, it is possible that the Cylons allowed Bulldog to gain a working knowledge of the Raider.
*Bulldog probably could have stolen a Heavy Raider, which unlike the light versions seems to have a crew compartment and perhaps piloting controls, but then the production crew couldn't have re-used the captured-Raider prop from "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]" on the flight deck set.
*During her experience between death and rebirth, Three finds herself reliving a series of memories from her various lives, including a shot of her in a theater on Caprica in "[[Final Cut]]", her final moments during "[[Downloaded]]", and her discovery of Hera on New Caprica in "[[Exodus, Part II]]". She also has a vision of another kind: the [[Opera House]] seen by Baltar during the final moments of "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
**This sequence, as well as this episode as a whole, showcases a number of fundamental leitmotifs in the series that have had little to no exposure in their original form since the end of season one/beginning of season two. The music as well as the imagery is a deliberately callback to the previous appearance of the Opera House, and the associated [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)#Passacaglia|musical themes]] will likely help elucidate the symbolism behind the two visions.
*Three's flashbacks after being shot by the Centurion indicate that she is the same individual who was killed on Caprica by [[Caprica-Six]] in "[[Downloaded]]" and who found Hera in "[[Exodus, Part II]]". It is of course possible that some of these recollections are the result of memory-sharing rather than direct experience.
**If she is the same Three that died on Caprica, that leaves the question of how it can be that she didn't receive the Opera House experience on her first death, even though she was stuck in limbo for thirty-six hours because of the massive casualties at the cafe in "[[Downloaded]]". It is plausible that this Three wanted to die because she had never experienced death before.
**It is interesting to note the central role Hera plays in both Three's vision and the one [[Gaius Baltar]] has in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
*Based on the Raider's apparently staged attack, the Cylons appear to know the current location of the Fleet.
*{{spoilli|Later revelations about the origins of the humanoid Cylons and Saul Tigh suggest it is extremely unlikely that Adama's actions sparked the war. [[John Cavil]] had long been covertly active in colonial society, having placed his creators there, and was keeping watch on Tigh and the others. As such the Cylons were routinely crossing the armistice lines at this point.}}

== Questions ==

=== Answered Questions ===

*Who are the five white-robed figures [[Three]] sees in her vision before downloading? ([[Final Five#Four Revealed, and their nature|Answer]])
*Does Bulldog have information regarding the five remaining humanoid Cylon models of which nothing is known? ([[Revelations|Answer]])
*Why does Number Three go through all the trouble to program the Centurion to erase its memory once it shot her? Is she afraid of being [[boxing|boxed]] by the other Cylons for reasons of insanity, or because it would do some sort of damage on the Centurion once its processed the kill? ([[Rapture|Answer]])
*How does Bulldog find the Fleet? ([[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 3 (RDM)#Hero|Answer]])
*Why does Bulldog feel betrayed by Adama? When he went on the Stealthstar mission, did he not understand that flying past the Armistice Line would be seen as an act of war? Why was it not already clear to him that ''Valkyrie'' might have to shoot him down if anything went wrong? ([[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 3 (RDM)#Hero|Partial answer]])

=== Unanswered Questions ===

*Did Bulldog know of or see other human prisoners during his captivity?
*What class of battlestar does ''[[Valkyrie]]'' belong to?
*Why would a "stealth ship" in enemy territory break radio silence and use active [[DRADIS]]?
*How was ''Valkyrie'' able to track, target and engage a stealth ship?
*Was ''Valkyrie's'' mission the only one the admiralty undertook or were there others?
*Is [[Laura Roslin]] right in speculating that the admiralty might have sent ''Valkyrie'' in order to provoke a war?
*What was the "unknown" craft that jumped near Stealthstar, disabled it, and then jumped away? Whose was it? Where did it come from?
*How did Baltar's status change from torture victim in "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" to an apparent sexual relationship with [[Caprica-Six]] and Number Three?
*Was Adama's whole command staff transferred from ''Valkyrie ''to ''Galactica'' after the failure of the recon mission?

== Official Statements ==
*A video blog gives an insight to this episode during filming. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=videoBlog&vid=34824|title=Introducing Bulldog|date=2006-10-11|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=VID|language=}}</ref>
*''[[Bear McCreary]] discusses writing "Noavcek's Theme" on his web blog: ''
: In general, I only write thematic material for characters who matter in the grand scheme of the series, in hopes that the character will return at a later point in the story. In rare cases I make an exception in order to give a guest star a particularly resonant musical voice. For example, [[Bill Duke]]'s [[Phelan]] from [[Season 2 (2005-06)|season two]]'s "[[Black Market]]" required his own theme, since all the events of the episode led up to his eventual stand-off with [[Lee Adama|Lee]].

:"Hero" was obviously another such case. Novacek's mysterious past drives nearly every scene in the entire show, and it was clear he required his own theme as well.<ref name="bear_mccreary"/>
* ''David Eick defends the continuity errors insinuated by this episode:''
: When you watch the miniseries there is this natural assumption that the old commander has been on this ship [''Galactica''] the whole time — but that's never actually stated anywhere in the series. We actually did check it, and there was nothing in the show's continuity that makes events in "Hero" inconsistent. We also all really liked the idea that Adama had been assigned to the ''Galactica'' as a punishment, which is why we did it."<ref>{{cite companion|page=56|season=3}}</ref>

===Information from the [[David Eick]] audio commentary ===

:'''Note:''' This audio commentary is available on the Region 1 [[Battlestar Galactica - Season Three (Region 1 DVD)|Season 3 DVD]] set.

*Eick considers "Hero" the most difficult episode he has written yet, because it is a standalone between several arc-heavy episodes, but he enjoyed the challenge of it.
*[[Daniel Novacek]]'s name is a reference to Dallas Cowboys football player [[w:Jay Novacek|Jay Novacek]].
*He says that he would like steam rising from ships coming into the hangar deck, because they were just in space, and laments that there isn't enough time for that during production.
*He and [[Michael Rymer]] spent a lot of time talking about how long Novacek's hair should be after his long captivity.
*[[Carl Lumbly]] originally developed a specific accent for his character, but it was dropped because it was very hard to understand.
*He doesn't think the friendship between Adama and Novacek becomes clear enough. In part, because it was difficult to convey in the short time, in part because scenes between them were cut.
*Tigh testing his peripheral vision was inspired by a similar scene from ''[[w:Rocky II|Rocky II]]''.
*He compares the incident at the Armistice Line to the [[w:Cuban Missile Crisis|Cuban Missile Crisis]] and the [[w:Gulf of Tonkin Incident|Gulf of Tonkin Incident]] as an excuse some people need to go to war.
*He thinks that the episode makes it clear that Adama's feelings of guilt are irrational and absurd and is worried that one wouldn't get that.
*Eick thinks a proposed scene of Adama confronting the admiralty about having been set up would have given the episode more weight.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Speaking to another Number Three after downloading:''
:'''Number Three''': There's something beautiful, miraculous between life and death.

*''Bulldog calls on Saul Tigh in his quarters:
:'''Tigh''': So ... drink?
:'''Bulldog''': You have no idea!
:'''Tigh''' (scowling, unseen): Yes, I do.

*''Bulldog explains to Adama how he got off the Cylon baseship:''
:'''Bulldog''': Well sir, it's like this. The enemy had me locked in a cell for three years. The accommodations were lousy, the service was slow. And, after a while, I felt the institution had nothing left to offer me, so I left.

*''Colonel Tigh speaks to Bulldog in Adama's quarters:
:'''Tigh''': Tell you a dirty little secret: The toughest part of getting played is losing your dignity. Feeling like you are not worth the oxygen you are sucking down. You get used to it. You start to believe it. You start to love it. It's like a bottle that never runs dry. You can keep reaching for it over and over and over again.

*''Colonel Tigh calls on the Admiral at the end of the episode:
:'''Tigh''': I hear you got a medal.
:'''Adama''': Yeah. They're handing them out for anything these days: "good behavior", "attendance". "Plays well with others."

== Guest Stars ==
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
* [[Barry Kennedy]] as Admiral [[Peter Corman]]
* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (Credit only)

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| co= Commander [[William Adama]] (Last Known)
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'''''Valkyrie''''' was a [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonial]] [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] of an [[Valkyrie Type Battlestar|unnamed class]], belonging to [[Battlestar Group]] 41, under the command of [[William Adama]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== History ==

Approximately six years<ref name="hero">While dialogue from "[[Hero]]" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref> before the Cylon attack, ''Valkyrie'' had been ordered by Admiral [[Peter Corman]] to deploy a [[Stealthstar|stealth recon ship]] over the [[Armistice Line]] to test [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] resolve and gather intelligence on Cylon activities. During the mission, an unidentified [[DRADIS]] contact (presumed to have been a spacecraft) entered the area of the stealth ship piloted by Lieutenant [[Daniel Novacek]] and damaged the Stealthstar's engines before jumping away.

Two further (presumed Cylon) contacts were detected on an intercept course with the stealth ship. Rather than attempt a rescue of the disabled craft, Commander Adama ordered the stealth ship to be destroyed to prevent its discovery and capture.

In the days and years following the incident at the Armistice Line, and in particular after the Cylon attack on the Colonies, Adama came to believe that his actions had provoked the Cylon assault, having "proved" to them that humanity was aggressive and not to be trusted ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

=== Return of the Cylons ===
During the Cylon assault on the Twelve Colonies, ''Valkyrie'' is one of several battlestars of the same class that attempt to engage the Cylons over [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], only to be disabled by the [[Command Navigation Program|CNP]]'s backdoors. She is destroyed shortly after. ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]")<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmAEmuwZY5Q Watch in high definition and pause at 1:18 and 1:43]</ref>

==Notes==
* The ship's hull number can't be seen. It is thus not known if it is identical to her Battlestar Group.
* The ''Valkyrie'' CIC insignia adorned [[David Eick]]'s production office wall in the Vancouver Film Studios where ''Battlestar Galactica'' was produced.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=videoBlog&vid=51390|title=Video Blog: Taking A Break From All Your Worries|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
* In mythology, a ''[[Wikipedia:Valkyrie|Valkyrie]]'' is a minor female deity who chose the most heroic fallen warriors to ascend to Valhalla where they would await [[Wikipedia:Ragnarok|Ragnarok]]. Valkyrie is the third (second onscreen) instance of Norse mythology being used, the first being [[Ragnar Station]], which is a reference to Ragnarok, the Norse "twilight of the gods" ([[Miniseries]]).
** Interestingly, the story of Ragnarok parallels with the career of [[William Adama]], the former commander of ''Valkyrie''. Adama, considered a fallen [[Hero|hero]] by the admiralty, is transferred from the advanced ''Valkyrie'' to command the aging ''Galactica'' about a year before the Cylon attack. Later, with the fall of the Colonies, he finds himself in the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]], the last battle within Colonial space.

== Related Imagery ==
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Image:Valkyrie close up.jpg|Closeup of a ''Valkyrie'' type battlestar.
Image:3x8-Valkyrie-Firing.jpg|''Valkyrie'' firing a ship-to-ship missile.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie The Plan.png|''Valkyrie'' among her sister ships above Caprica.
Image:Valkyrie CNP Virus Transmission.png|''Valkyrie'' under attack.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie CNP Hack.png|''Valkyrie'' after being disabled by the Cylons.
Image:ValykrieFlightPod.jpg|One of the ship's flight pods.
Image:Valkyrie batteries.jpg|The ship's batteries.
Image:Valkyrie bridge.jpg|The CIC.
Image:Valkyrie CIC.jpg|Full view of CIC.
Image:3x8-Adama-and-Valkyrie-insignia.jpg|''Valkyrie'' insignia.
Image:Valkyrie patch.jpg|''Valkyrie'' armpatch.
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This is a listing of '''battlestars in the [[Re-imagined Series]] continuity'''.

== ''Athena'' ==

'''''Athena''''' is in service during the [[Cylon War]].

[[Saul Tigh]] was recorded as having served admirably aboard this ship as a Viper pilot, earning a number of medals. <ref>"Cylon Intelligence Report: Personnel File: Saul Tigh." [[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine]]. Feb./Mar. 2006: 62.
*"Tigh joined the Colonial Officer Candidate School and was reassigned as a [[Viper Mark II|Viper]] pilot, something he excelled in, earning a string of medals in his post aboard the battlestar ''Athena''."</ref> However, given that Saul Tigh was not a member of the Colonial Fleet until after the [[Armistice]], this is false ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]").

====Notes====

*Given her participation in the Cylon War, ''Athena'' is almost certain to be one of the twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|original battlestars]] like her sister, ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. However, there is not 100% proof that ''Athena's'' actual class is the same as ''Galactica''. It can not be confirmed with this little information.
*The series bible implies that the ''Athena'' was one of only three ships of ''Galactica'''s class to survive the war. As such it is likely that the ''Athena'' was one of the battlestars involved in "[[Operation Raptor Talon]]".

== ''Atlantia'' ==

: ''For the [[Original Series]] battlestar, see: [[Atlantia (TOS)]].''

'''''Atlantia''''' is selected by Admiral [[Nagala]] as his flagship during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] following the destruction of [[Picon Fleet Headquarters]].

''Atlantia'' is soon reported destroyed over [[the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], a victim of the [[backdoor]]s created by the Cylons using the compromised [[Command Navigation Program]]. As a result of her destruction, Commander [[William Adama]] assumes command of the Colonial Fleet and proceeds to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

It was on ''Atlantia'' that William Adama made his 1,000th [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] landing ([[TRS]]: "[[Act of Contrition]]") and received the promotion to Major ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). At one point in his career, Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]] served aboard ''Atlantia'' before being assigned to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]").

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== ''Columbia'' ==

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There have been at least two [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s to bear the name '''''Columbia''''' in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]. One is destroyed during [[Operation Raptor Talon]], and the second is destroyed during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== ''Erasmus'' ==

'''''Erasmus''''' is noted [[:Image:Aerilon proof2.jpg|in the personnel record]] of crewmember [[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]], who served on it and one other battlestar prior to his service on ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]").

====Notes====
*The battlestar's name, specifically the first 3 letters, are covered by a walnut shell. Contributors used reversed-color images to discern the last four letters, "smus", for which there is only one word in American English dictionaries that match. The first letter is partially visible and is a straight-backed letter.
*The second battlestar name on the document, ''[[#Night Flight|Night Flight]]'', is less obscured.

== ''Night Flight'' ==

'''''Night Flight''''' is noted [[:Image:Aerilon proof2.jpg|in the personnel record of crewmember]] [[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]], who served on it and one other battlestar prior to his service on ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]").

====Notes====
* The second battlestar name on the document, after image and etymological analysis, is discovered to be ''[[#Erasmus|Erasmus]]''.

== ''Pegasus'' ==
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'''''Pegasus''''' is a [[Mercury Class]] Battlestar under the command of Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]] at the time of the Second Cylon assult. Pegasus is undergoing scheduled maintenance, and escapes destruction due to her networks being offline.

She is discovered by the ''Galactica'' a few months after the attacks.

== ''Solaria'' ==

'''''Solaria''''', featuring integrated command and control systems and featuring Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP) is reported as lost, along with the ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' and ''[[Triton (RDM)|Triton]]''.

Commander [[William Adama]] mentions the destruction of this battlestar in an update to his crew on the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack on the Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

== ''Triton'' ==

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'''''Triton''''', belonging to [[Battlestar Group]] 39, and featuring integrated command and control systems, and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP) is reported as lost with many other battlestars of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] during the initial [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]], along with ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' and ''[[Solaria]]'' ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] formerly served on this battlestar.

==''Uned''==
[[Image:Battlestar_Uned_message.gif|thumb|Close-up of [[Anastasia Dualla]]'s printout regarding the loss of power on ''Uned'' to [[Felix Gaeta]]. ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]])]]

'''''Uned''''' is destroyed in the first waves of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attacks during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

[[Anastasia Dualla]] receives a report of ''Uned'''s power outage (a result of the Cylon use of exploits in the [[Command Navigation Program]]), and states to [[Felix Gaeta]] that "One report said an entire battlestar lost power just before it came in contact with the enemy. They said it was like someone just turned off a switch." ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]])

====Notes====
*There is no mythological origin for "Uned." Uned is Welsh for Unit.

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== ''Universal'' ==

'''''Universal'''''<ref>[[:Image:William Adama's Reinstatement Letter.jpg|This information comes from a prop used in the episode "Scattered".]]</ref> is a [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] that was commanded by Commander [[Yulee Milner]] at some point prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

When then-captain [[William Adama]] returns to service for the first time since end of the [[Cylon War]], his first assignment is aboard the ''Universal'' based out of Base 12 over [[Aerilon]]. ''Universal''’s deck chief was an officer named [[Teir]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]").

====Notes====
*Adama's assignment aboard the ''Universal'' is not mentioned in his [[:Image:Dossier.png|service dossier]].
*The ''Universal''’s name likely comes from [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]], later NBC Universal, the parent company of the [[Sci Fi Channel]], which produces ''Battlestar Galatica''.

== ''Valkyrie'' ==

=== First Cylon War ===
Approximately 10 years into the first [[Cylon War]], the [[Galactica type battlestar]] '''''Valkyrie''''' was involved in a battle with the Cylons near [[Canceron]] Prime, in which she went missing, and was presumed destroyed. She was later found intact, along with a Colonial "ghost fleet" consisting of at least four ships of the class her descendant would belong to and various support ships, hiding out in Cylon held space by [[William Adama]], [[Coker Fasjovik]], and [[Beka Kelly]] ("[[Blood and Chrome]]").

=== Second Cylon War ===
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The second '''''Valkyrie''''' belongs to [[Battlestar Group]] 41 and was under the command of [[William Adama]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

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== ''Yashuman'' ==

''Yashuman'' and at least three other battlestars of the same type—including ''[[Valkyrie]]''—are seen orbiting [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. ''Yashuman'' initially detects the Cylon assault force on [[DRADIS]] during the engagement, but after being scanned by [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon raiders]], [[Command Navigation Program|CNP]] backdoors are activated and its systems are shut down ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"), leading to its destruction.

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| status=[[Cylon attack|Destroyed]] over [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]
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'''''Valkyrie''''' was a [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonial]] [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] of an [[Valkyrie Type Battlestar|unnamed class]], belonging to [[Battlestar Group]] 41, under the command of [[William Adama]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== History ==

Approximately six years<ref name="hero">While dialogue from "[[Hero]]" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref> before the Cylon attack, ''Valkyrie'' had been ordered by Admiral [[Peter Corman]] to deploy a [[Stealthstar|stealth recon ship]] over the [[Armistice Line]] to test [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] resolve and gather intelligence on Cylon activities. During the mission, an unidentified [[DRADIS]] contact (presumed to have been a spacecraft) entered the area of the stealth ship piloted by Lieutenant [[Daniel Novacek]] and damaged the Stealthstar's engines before jumping away.

Two further (presumed Cylon) contacts were detected on an intercept course with the stealth ship. Rather than attempt a rescue of the disabled craft, Commander Adama ordered the stealth ship to be destroyed to prevent its discovery and capture.

In the days and years following the incident at the Armistice Line, and in particular after the Cylon attack on the Colonies, Adama came to believe that his actions had provoked the Cylon assault, having "proved" to them that humanity was aggressive and not to be trusted ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

=== Return of the Cylons ===
During the Cylon assault on the Twelve Colonies, ''Valkyrie'' is one of several battlestars of the same class that attempt to engage the Cylons over [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], only to be disabled by the [[Command Navigation Program|CNP]]'s backdoors. She is destroyed shortly after. ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]")<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmAEmuwZY5Q Watch in high definition and pause at 1:18 and 1:43]</ref>

==Notes==
* The ship's hull number can't be seen. It is thus not known if it is identical to her Battlestar Group.
* The ''Valkyrie'' CIC insignia adorned [[David Eick]]'s production office wall in the Vancouver Film Studios where ''Battlestar Galactica'' was produced.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=videoBlog&vid=51390|title=Video Blog: Taking A Break From All Your Worries|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
* In mythology, a ''[[Wikipedia:Valkyrie|Valkyrie]]'' is a minor female deity who chose the most heroic fallen warriors to ascend to Valhalla where they would await [[Wikipedia:Ragnarok|Ragnarok]]. Valkyrie is the third (second onscreen) instance of Norse mythology being used, the first being [[Ragnar Station]], which is a reference to Ragnarok, the Norse "twilight of the gods" ([[Miniseries]]).
** Interestingly, the story of Ragnarok parallels with the career of [[William Adama]], the former commander of ''Valkyrie''. Adama, considered a fallen [[Hero|hero]] by the admiralty, is transferred from the advanced ''Valkyrie'' to command the aging ''Galactica'' about a year before the Cylon attack. Later, with the fall of the Colonies, he finds himself in the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]], the last battle within Colonial space.

== Related Imagery ==
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Image:Valkyrie close up.jpg|Closeup of a ''Valkyrie'' type battlestar.
Image:3x8-Valkyrie-Firing.jpg|''Valkyrie'' firing a ship-to-ship missile.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie The Plan.png|''Valkyrie'' among her sister ships above Caprica.
Image:Valkyrie CNP Virus Transmission.png|''Valkyrie'' under attack.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie CNP Hack.png|''Valkyrie'' after being disabled by the Cylons.
Image:ValykrieFlightPod.jpg|One of the ship's flight pods.
Image:Valkyrie batteries.jpg|The ship's batteries.
Image:Valkyrie bridge.jpg|The CIC.
Image:Valkyrie CIC.jpg|Full view of CIC.
Image:3x8-Adama-and-Valkyrie-insignia.jpg|''Valkyrie'' insignia.
Image:Valkyrie patch.jpg|''Valkyrie'' armpatch.
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The '''''Valkyrie'' type [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]''' was a class of light battlestar in the [[Colonial Fleet]] at the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. It appears to have been the work horse of the battlestar fleet, existing in large numbers.

During the Cylon assault on the Twelve Colonies, several battlestars of the class attempt to engage the Cylons over [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], only to be disabled by the [[Command Navigation Program|CNP]]'s backdoors. They are destroyed shortly after<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmAEmuwZY5Q Watch in high definition and pause at 1:18 and 1:43]</ref> ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

At least two [[Unnamed battlestars|unnamed battlestars]] of the class are docked at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] when it is [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|destroyed]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

== Design ==

This class was possibly the smallest class of battlestar to be used by the Colonial Fleet. Measuring around 700 meters long, it was about the length of the Flight pod on a [[Galactica type battlestar|''Galactica'' type battlestar]].

It featured four large sub-light engines, a number of smaller manoeuvring thrusters littered around the ship. In addition to this, it is presumed to have featured an FTL drive.

Physically it was far more "jagged" then other battlestar classes, with numerous sharp edges offset by numerous curved lines. The hull was covered with guns, missile launchers and sensors, giving it a sharp and streamlined but functional look. The class was far more compact then most others, with the pods closer to the main hull and the head being only a couple meters wider then the main hull. The underside of the ship showed much of the internal structures, and lacked significant weaponry, indicating that it was not designed to be exposed to fire in a battle.

Flight pods were single layered, each consisting of 3 [[Viper (TRS)|Viper]] launch tubes located in a rectangular section underneath the pod. The tubes ran parallel to the flight deck and pointing forwards. The launch tubes presumably operated in a different way to those on larger ships to allow a higher launch rate and may suggest a more offensively oriented approach to Viper launches. The tubes were also significantly longer. The ''Valkyrie'' type appeared to lack the Raptor pads seen on the [[Mercury Class Battlestar|''Mercury'' Class]], however, there were sections on either side near the tip of the head that may have served this purpose.

== Weaponry ==

The ''Valkyrie'' type has more weapons per square meter then any other class. Equipped with 20 small turrets, and 33 heavier (though much smaller then on other classes) ones, it has a huge number of guns. Presumably, there are an unknown number of point defense guns that would be located between the armor plating, much like the ''Mercury''-class. This class mostly relies on missiles weapons than other classes, with the large turrets capable of firing small anti-fighter missiles, and with at least 6 silos containing ship to ship missiles.

Size and disposition of a typical ''Valkyrie''-type's airwings is never stated, however in "[[The Plan]]" ''Valkyrie'' has at least 20 Vipers nearby. Yet, this is not evidence that this represents the full airwing.

== Capabilities ==

Although a small hull (at least when compared to ships like the ''Mercury'' Class or ''Galactica'' type) these ships were heavily used. It may have served in a role similar to frigates in modern navies as they are shown being used for a number of roles including patrols, covert operations and even planetary protection. The small size, mass production, and apparent range of abilities presumably meant that it was perfect for a peace time fleet, as they would be cheep, and would have a number of uses. It may have lacked the ability to produce Vipers unlike it's larger cousins.

== See also ==

*''[[Valkyrie]]''
*''[[Yashuman]]''
*[[Mercury Class Battlestar|Mercury class battlestar]]
*[[Galactica type battlestar]]

== Notes ==

*In "Razor," a few ''Valkyrie-''types can be seen at the Scoprion Fleet Shipyards with what would appear to be a roll bar above the engine section. This feature is not present during the Cylon attack on the shipyards, leading to speculation that the ships seen with the roll bar were in fact different to those seen without it. 

*The [[Science of Battlestar Galactica]] names two Battestars as being at the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards during the attack. These ships, ''Bellerophon'' and ''Remses,'' are thus likely examples of this class.

== Related Imagery ==

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Image:Valkyrie B C.png|Some ''Valkyrie'' types hiding out in Cylon held space during the First Cylon War.
Image:Valkyrie close up.jpg|Closeup of a ''Valkyrie'' type battlestar.
Image:3x8-Valkyrie-Firing.jpg|''Valkyrie'' firing a ship-to-ship missile.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie The Plan.png|''Valkyrie'' among her sister ships above Caprica.
Image:Valkyrie CNP Virus Transmission.png|''Valkyrie'' under attack.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie CNP Hack.png|''Valkyrie'' after being disabled by the CNP's backdoors.
Image:Valkyrie-type battlestarII.jpg|A ''Valkyrie'' type battlestar destroyed over [[Scorpia]].
Image:ValykrieFlightPod.jpg|One of the ship's flight pods.
Image:Valkyrie batteries.jpg|The ship's batteries.
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This is a listing of '''battlestars in the [[Re-imagined Series]] continuity'''.

== ''Athena'' ==

'''''Athena''''' is in service during the [[Cylon War]].

[[Saul Tigh]] was recorded as having served admirably aboard this ship as a Viper pilot, earning a number of medals. <ref>"Cylon Intelligence Report: Personnel File: Saul Tigh." [[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine]]. Feb./Mar. 2006: 62.
*"Tigh joined the Colonial Officer Candidate School and was reassigned as a [[Viper Mark II|Viper]] pilot, something he excelled in, earning a string of medals in his post aboard the battlestar ''Athena''."</ref> However, given that Saul Tigh was not a member of the Colonial Fleet until after the [[Armistice]], this is false ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]").

====Notes====

*Given her participation in the Cylon War, ''Athena'' is almost certain to be one of the twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|original battlestars]] like her sister, ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. However, there is not 100% proof that ''Athena's'' actual class is the same as ''Galactica''. It can not be confirmed with this little information.
*The series bible implies that the ''Athena'' was one of only three ships of ''Galactica'''s class to survive the war. As such it is likely that the ''Athena'' was one of the battlestars involved in "[[Operation Raptor Talon]]".

== ''Atlantia'' ==

: ''For the [[Original Series]] battlestar, see: [[Atlantia (TOS)]].''

'''''Atlantia''''' is selected by Admiral [[Nagala]] as his flagship during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] following the destruction of [[Picon Fleet Headquarters]].

''Atlantia'' is soon reported destroyed over [[the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], a victim of the [[backdoor]]s created by the Cylons using the compromised [[Command Navigation Program]]. As a result of her destruction, Commander [[William Adama]] assumes command of the Colonial Fleet and proceeds to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

It was on ''Atlantia'' that William Adama made his 1,000th [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] landing ([[TRS]]: "[[Act of Contrition]]") and received the promotion to Major ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). At one point in his career, Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]] served aboard ''Atlantia'' before being assigned to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]").

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== ''Columbia'' ==

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There have been at least two [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s to bear the name '''''Columbia''''' in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]. One is destroyed during [[Operation Raptor Talon]], and the second is destroyed during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== ''Erasmus'' ==

'''''Erasmus''''' is noted [[:Image:Aerilon proof2.jpg|in the personnel record]] of crewmember [[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]], who served on it and one other battlestar prior to his service on ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]").

====Notes====
*The battlestar's name, specifically the first 3 letters, are covered by a walnut shell. Contributors used reversed-color images to discern the last four letters, "smus", for which there is only one word in American English dictionaries that match. The first letter is partially visible and is a straight-backed letter.
*The second battlestar name on the document, ''[[#Night Flight|Night Flight]]'', is less obscured.

== ''Night Flight'' ==

'''''Night Flight''''' is noted [[:Image:Aerilon proof2.jpg|in the personnel record of crewmember]] [[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]], who served on it and one other battlestar prior to his service on ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]").

====Notes====
* The second battlestar name on the document, after image and etymological analysis, is discovered to be ''[[#Erasmus|Erasmus]]''.

== ''Pegasus'' ==
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'''''Pegasus''''' is a [[Mercury Class]] Battlestar under the command of Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]] at the time of the Second Cylon assult. Pegasus is undergoing scheduled maintenance, and escapes destruction due to her networks being offline.

She is discovered by the ''Galactica'' a few months after the attacks.

== ''Solaria'' ==

'''''Solaria''''', featuring integrated command and control systems and featuring Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP) is reported as lost, along with the ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' and ''[[Triton (RDM)|Triton]]''.

Commander [[William Adama]] mentions the destruction of this battlestar in an update to his crew on the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack on the Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

== ''Triton'' ==

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'''''Triton''''', belonging to [[Battlestar Group]] 39, and featuring integrated command and control systems, and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP) is reported as lost with many other battlestars of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] during the initial [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]], along with ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' and ''[[Solaria]]'' ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] and [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] formerly served on this battlestar.

==''Uned''==
[[Image:Battlestar_Uned_message.gif|thumb|Close-up of [[Anastasia Dualla]]'s printout regarding the loss of power on ''Uned'' to [[Felix Gaeta]]. ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]])]]

'''''Uned''''' is destroyed in the first waves of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attacks during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

[[Anastasia Dualla]] receives a report of ''Uned'''s power outage (a result of the Cylon use of exploits in the [[Command Navigation Program]]), and states to [[Felix Gaeta]] that "One report said an entire battlestar lost power just before it came in contact with the enemy. They said it was like someone just turned off a switch." ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]])

====Notes====
*There is no mythological origin for "Uned." Uned is Welsh for Unit.

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== ''Universal'' ==

'''''Universal'''''<ref>[[:Image:William Adama's Reinstatement Letter.jpg|This information comes from a prop used in the episode "Scattered".]]</ref> is a [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] that was commanded by Commander [[Yulee Milner]] at some point prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

When then-captain [[William Adama]] returns to service for the first time since end of the [[Cylon War]], his first assignment is aboard the ''Universal'' based out of Base 12 over [[Aerilon]]. ''Universal''’s deck chief was an officer named [[Teir]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]").

====Notes====
*Adama's assignment aboard the ''Universal'' is not mentioned in his [[:Image:Dossier.png|service dossier]].
*The ''Universal''’s name likely comes from [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]], later NBC Universal, the parent company of the [[Sci Fi Channel]], which produces ''Battlestar Galatica''.

== ''Valkyrie'' ==

=== The First Cylon War ===
Approximately 10 years into the first [[Cylon War]], the [[Galactica type battlestar]] '''''Valkyrie''''' was involved in a battle with the Cylons near [[Canceron]] Prime, in which she went missing, and was presumed destroyed. She was later found intact, along with a Colonial "ghost fleet" consisting of at least four ships of the class her descendant would belong to and various support ships, hiding out in Cylon held space by [[William Adama]], [[Coker Fasjovik]], and [[Beka Kelly]] ("[[Blood and Chrome]]").

=== Post War Service ===
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The second '''''Valkyrie''''' belongs to [[Battlestar Group]] 41 and was under the command of [[William Adama]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

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== ''Yashuman'' ==

''Yashuman'' and at least three other battlestars of the same type—including ''[[Valkyrie]]''—are seen orbiting [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. ''Yashuman'' initially detects the Cylon assault force on [[DRADIS]] during the engagement, but after being scanned by [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon raiders]], [[Command Navigation Program|CNP]] backdoors are activated and its systems are shut down ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"), leading to its destruction.

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'''''Valkyrie''''' was a [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonial]] [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] of an [[Valkyrie Type Battlestar|unnamed class]], belonging to [[Battlestar Group]] 41, under the command of [[William Adama]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== History ==

Approximately six years<ref name="hero">While dialogue from "[[Hero]]" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref> before the Cylon attack, ''Valkyrie'' had been ordered by Admiral [[Peter Corman]] to deploy a [[Stealthstar|stealth recon ship]] over the [[Armistice Line]] to test [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] resolve and gather intelligence on Cylon activities. During the mission, an unidentified [[DRADIS]] contact (presumed to have been a spacecraft) entered the area of the stealth ship piloted by Lieutenant [[Daniel Novacek]] and damaged the Stealthstar's engines before jumping away.

Two further (presumed Cylon) contacts were detected on an intercept course with the stealth ship. Rather than attempt a rescue of the disabled craft, Commander Adama ordered the stealth ship to be destroyed to prevent its discovery and capture.

In the days and years following the incident at the Armistice Line, and in particular after the Cylon attack on the Colonies, Adama came to believe that his actions had provoked the Cylon assault, having "proved" to them that humanity was aggressive and not to be trusted ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

=== Return of the Cylons ===
During the Cylon assault on the Twelve Colonies, ''Valkyrie'' is one of several battlestars of the same class that attempt to engage the Cylons over [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], only to be disabled by the [[Command Navigation Program|CNP]]'s backdoors. She is destroyed shortly after. ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]")<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmAEmuwZY5Q Watch in high definition and pause at 1:18 and 1:43]</ref>

==Notes==
* The ship's hull number can't be seen. It is thus not known if it is identical to her Battlestar Group.
* The ''Valkyrie'' CIC insignia adorned [[David Eick]]'s production office wall in the Vancouver Film Studios where ''Battlestar Galactica'' was produced.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=videoBlog&vid=51390|title=Video Blog: Taking A Break From All Your Worries|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
* In mythology, a ''[[Wikipedia:Valkyrie|Valkyrie]]'' is a minor female deity who chose the most heroic fallen warriors to ascend to Valhalla where they would await [[Wikipedia:Ragnarok|Ragnarok]]. Valkyrie is the third (second onscreen) instance of Norse mythology being used, the first being [[Ragnar Station]], which is a reference to Ragnarok, the Norse "twilight of the gods" ([[Miniseries]]).
** Interestingly, the story of Ragnarok parallels with the career of [[William Adama]], the former commander of ''Valkyrie''. Adama, considered a fallen [[Hero|hero]] by the admiralty, is transferred from the advanced ''Valkyrie'' to command the aging ''Galactica'' about a year before the Cylon attack. Later, with the fall of the Colonies, he finds himself in the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]], the last battle within Colonial space.

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Image:Valkyrie B C.png|''Valkyrie'' (left center) hiding out in Cylon held space during the First Cylon War.
Image:Valkyrie close up.jpg|Closeup of a ''Valkyrie'' type battlestar.
Image:3x8-Valkyrie-Firing.jpg|''Valkyrie'' firing a ship-to-ship missile.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie The Plan.png|''Valkyrie'' among her sister ships above Caprica.
Image:Valkyrie CNP Virus Transmission.png|''Valkyrie'' under attack.
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie CNP Hack.png|''Valkyrie'' after being disabled by the Cylons.
Image:ValykrieFlightPod.jpg|One of the ship's flight pods.
Image:Valkyrie batteries.jpg|The ship's batteries.
Image:Valkyrie bridge.jpg|The CIC.
Image:Valkyrie CIC.jpg|Full view of CIC.
Image:3x8-Adama-and-Valkyrie-insignia.jpg|''Valkyrie'' insignia.
Image:Valkyrie patch.jpg|''Valkyrie'' armpatch.
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