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Demetrius

2008-05-04T13:01:59Z

SFM Hobbes:

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{{Ship Data
| image=Demetrius 1.jpg
| title=Demetrius
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian/Miltary
| ftl= Yes
| propol=
| crew= At least 14
| cap=
| co= [[Kara Thrace]]
| xo= [[Karl Agathon]]
| role= Sewage recycling ship<br/>Scavenger ship
| weapons= Five Vipers<br/>Two Raptors
| arm=
| status=
| width=
| height=
| length=
| weight=
| wingspan=
| otherdi=
| img=
}}
The '''''Demetrius''''' is a sewage processing ship in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. When [[Kendra Shaw]] tries to tune in to a [[Talk Wireless]] interview with Gaius Baltar, she picks up a transmission from the ''[[Adriatic]]'' to the ''Demetrius'' concerning cargo wasting in ''Adriatics'''s holds ([[Razor]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]]'s return, a torn [[William Adama]] sends Thrace and a hand-picked crew in the ''Demetrius'' on a mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], despite [[Laura Roslin]]'s warnings that Thrace is not to be trusted ([[Six of One]]). The Colonial public are told that they are on a survey mission to find food sources, though its disappearance is a matter of considerable media attention. The ''Demetrius'' is accompanied by a detachment of four Vipers and at least one Raptor magnetically secured to the ship, and is supplied with a vast array of navigational charts ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

After two months, the ''Demetrius'' is scheduled to rendezvous with the Fleet or be presumed destroyed. After encountering a [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] aboard, however, Thrace decides to abandon the plan. Conoy offers an alliance between the humans and his faction in the [[Cylon civil war]], and Thrace wants to accompany him to his [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] in order to learn what the Cylons know about Earth, but her crew refuses to carry out the order ([[The Road Less Traveled]]). When the heavy raider explodes, two additional magnetic pads can be seen on the lower hull, one carrying another Mk II viper, and the other, a raptor.

== Crew ==

The ''Demetrius'''s crew consists of:
* [[Karl Agathon]]
* [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Sharon Agathon]]
* [[Samuel Anders]]
* [[Diana Seelix]]
* [[Brendan Costanza]]
* [[Eammon Pike]]
* The unnamed [[tattooed pilot]]
* [[Erin Mathias]]†
* At least two further [[Marines]].
* At least three other crew members.

== Design ==

The main quarters area of the ship are small and cramped like that of a submarine. Even the captain's cabin is small and sparse. A common area exists for the crew to assemble and eat their meals.

The ship's bridge is laid out like a small [[CIC]] with a table in the center, surrounded by various screens and a tactical plot.

==Notes==
* The ship's name is first shown on the voting tally board in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but it doesn't appear until the Season 4 episode "[[The Ties That Bind]]".
* [[Ron D. Moore]] describes the ship as the "closest we’ve ever come to a sort of ''[[w:Das Boot|Das Boot]]'' – type look and feel on this programme since the [2003] [[Miniseries|mini series]]".<ref name="scifipulse">{{cite_web|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Dec_07.html|title=Ron Moore Gives Some Further Insights Into Season 4 Of Battlestar|date=11 December 2007|accessdate=14 December 2007|last=Cullen|first=Ian M.|format=|language=}}</ref>
* [[w:Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]] was a Greco-Bactrian king who reigned circa 200-180 BCE as well as [[w:Demetrius|many]] other historical figures.
* [[w:Demeter|Demeter]] is the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

==Related Images==
<gallery>
Image:Demetrius Vipers.jpg|Mk II Vipers docked on ''Demetrius''.
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[de:Demetrius]]

Demetrius

2008-05-04T12:48:49Z

SFM Hobbes:

__NOTOC__
{{Ship Data
| image=Demetrius 1.jpg
| title=Demetrius
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian/Miltary
| ftl= Yes
| propol=
| crew= At least 14
| cap=
| co= [[Kara Thrace]]
| xo= [[Karl Agathon]]
| role= Sewage recycling ship<br/>Scavenger ship
| weapons= Five Vipers<br/>Two Raptors
| arm=
| status=
| width=
| height=
| length=
| weight=
| wingspan=
| otherdi=
| img=
}}
The '''''Demetrius''''' is a sewage processing ship in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. When [[Kendra Shaw]] tries to tune in to a [[Talk Wireless]] interview with Gaius Baltar, she picks up a transmission from the ''[[Adriatic]]'' to the ''Demetrius'' concerning cargo wasting in ''Adriatics'''s holds ([[Razor]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]]'s return, a torn [[William Adama]] sends Thrace and a hand-picked crew in the ''Demetrius'' on a mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], despite [[Laura Roslin]]'s warnings that Thrace is not to be trusted ([[Six of One]]). The Colonial public are told that they are on a survey mission to find food sources, though its disappearance is a matter of considerable media attention. The ''Demetrius'' is accompanied by a detachment of four Vipers and at least one Raptor magnetically secured to the ship, and is supplied with a vast array of navigational charts ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

After two months, the ''Demetrius'' is scheduled to rendezvous with the Fleet or be presumed destroyed. After encountering a [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] aboard, however, Thrace decides to abandon the plan. Conoy offers an alliance between the humans and his faction in the [[Cylon civil war]], and Thrace wants to accompany him to his [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] in order to learn what the Cylons know about Earth, but her crew refuses to carry out the order ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

== Crew ==

The ''Demetrius'''s crew consists of:
* [[Karl Agathon]]
* [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Sharon Agathon]]
* [[Samuel Anders]]
* [[Diana Seelix]]
* [[Brendan Costanza]]
* [[Eammon Pike]]
* The unnamed [[tattooed pilot]]
* [[Erin Mathias]]†
* At least two further [[Marines]].
* At least three other crew members.

== Design ==

The main quarters area of the ship are small and cramped like that of a submarine. Even the captain's cabin is small and sparse. A common area exists for the crew to assemble and eat their meals.

The ship's bridge is laid out like a small [[CIC]] with a table in the center, surrounded by various screens and a tactical plot.

==Notes==
* The ship's name is first shown on the voting tally board in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but it doesn't appear until the Season 4 episode "[[The Ties That Bind]]".
* [[Ron D. Moore]] describes the ship as the "closest we’ve ever come to a sort of ''[[w:Das Boot|Das Boot]]'' – type look and feel on this programme since the [2003] [[Miniseries|mini series]]".<ref name="scifipulse">{{cite_web|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Dec_07.html|title=Ron Moore Gives Some Further Insights Into Season 4 Of Battlestar|date=11 December 2007|accessdate=14 December 2007|last=Cullen|first=Ian M.|format=|language=}}</ref>
* [[w:Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]] was a Greco-Bactrian king who reigned circa 200-180 BCE as well as [[w:Demetrius|many]] other historical figures.
* [[w:Demeter|Demeter]] is the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

==Related Images==
<gallery>
Image:Demetrius Vipers.jpg|Mk II Vipers docked on ''Demetrius''.
</gallery>

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[de:Demetrius]]

Talk:Viper Mark VII/Archive 1

2007-09-20T01:06:32Z

SFM Hobbes:

'''Sci-Fi Channel on Mk VII retrofitting and handling'''
The Sci-Fi Channel link's dead, I think it's been dead for a while. Looks like Sci-Fi Channel has decided it doesn't need its own commentary page about the technical aspects of the BSG universe anymore. So what now? Would that bit about the Mk VII being harder to fly because of a lobotomy finally be removed off BSGWiki, or would we simply put up a "dead link" road sign? Personally, I've been arguing about the unlikelihood/uncanonacy/illogic-ness of Sci-Fi Channel's statement since day one, so I'm definately in favour of striking it completely. I know the page going down doesn't automatically equal retraction of the statement, but I'd think the series itself has provided amble evidence to the contrary of Mk VIIs being difficult to handle and only flown by the most experienced pilots. --[[User:David Templar|David Templar]] 11:40, 10 April 2007 (CDT)

I don't believe that this mk 7 variant is actually intentional at all. Throughout the production of BSG the vfx crew have relied on several outside contractors for animation assets. As is normal in the vfx industry, the contractors are often left to duplicate assets by themselves, sometimes with limited resource material, so it looks as though these changes went by unnoticed. Further evidence of this is the Colonial raptor used in the season 3 episode "The Passage", which shows entirely different engines, engine mounts, front landing gear housing, and hull paneling than the raptor more commonly seen in the majority of other episodes.
--[[User:SFM Hobbes|SFM Hobbes]] 20:06, 19 September 2007 (CDT)Rick Snider