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| BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
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| '''Designation''': Warship, Battlestar Class
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| '''Deployment''': Formally an element of Battlestar Group 75
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| '''Current Status''': Undergoing decommissioning and hand-over to civilian authorities at the time of the 2nd Cylon attack on the 12 colonies.
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| CORE TECHNICAL DATA (with thanks to Zoic)
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| Length: 4,500 ft
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| Propulsion: two FTL engines and drive coils; 6 sublight engines; 40 manoeuvring engines in 10 "packs" of 4 apiece)
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| Defensive Armament: 24 primary railgun turrets (mounting 2 guns apiece); approx. 504 point-defence turrets (mounting 2 guns apiece).
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| Offensive Armament: 40 Vipers (mixed Mk II and MK VII) with kinetic kill weapons and optional missile / munitions pod racks
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| Crew: approx. 2,000 - comprising essential crew at the time of the decommissioning ceremony, should not be regarded as the full standard compliment of a battlestar.
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| Long range scout capability: 5 Raptor reconnaissance/assault vehicles.
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| HISTORY
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| ''Galactica'' was one of the first 5 battlestars to be laid down by the Colonials, the others being the ''Columbia'' , ''Rycon'', ''Atlantia'', and ''Pegasus'' (Zoic). As such, she is some 50 years old (mini series). Following the outbreak of Cylon hostilities, 7 more battlestars were laid down: ''Pacifica'' , ''Triton'', ''Acropolis'', ''Solaria'', ''Promotheus'', ''Argo'' and ''Poseidon'' - giving the Colonials one battlestar funded by each of the 12 colonies (Zoic).
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| These vessels were all designed with non-integrated systems, a result of the fact that the Cylons demonstrated an ability early-on in the war to override or subvert networked command and control systems (mini series). Instead, the battlestar depended on its sheer bulk and defensive / offensive capabilities to ward of any threats to itself or the colonies.
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| Once introduced into service, the battlestars proved themselve fully capable of providing the mainstay of defence against the Cylons, eventually reducing a war to that of one of attrition, with neither side gaining any significant advantage.
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| Following the armistice with the Cylons, and their withdrawal from Colonial space, the ''Galactica'' and her sister ships continued to serve the 12 colonies in a wide variety of roles. Over time, with newer, more advanced battlestar classes entering service, the original 12 were slowly retired from front-line service, although the ''Galactica'', given her distinguished war record, remained in front-line service until shortly before the 2nd Cylon attack on the colonies.
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| With her active career drawing to a close, a decision was taken to retire the ''Galactica'' and decommission her from service. However, rather than scrapping her, it was decided that she should be turned into a combination of living museum to the original Cylon War and an educational centre (mini series), with her conversion being overseen by her final Commander, William Adama (mini series).
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| At the time of her formal decommissioning ceremony, ''Galactica '' had been stripped of all but one of her operational Viper squadrons, all her munitions had been removed, and her starboard landing pod converted into a pressurised museum housing (among other things) a full squadron of 20 Mark II Vipers (mini series).
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| With the unexpected resumption of hostilities on the part of the Cylons, ''Galatica'' quickly proved her worthiness as a warship was far from over as she withstood a direct hit from a tactical nuclear weapon, and then took on a flotilla of some 3 Cylon basetars after re-arming herself at the Ragnar Anchorage, providing an umbrella of fire cover under which the surviving people of the 12 colonies were able to escape the Cylons on some 50+ civilian vessels.
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| Since the flight of the Colonials from their overrun homeworlds, Galactica has bcome both protector and provider for the fleet. She has provided direct fire-cover for the fleet during Cylon attacks no fewer than 240 times ("33", "Water", "Act of Contrition"); she is providing much of the fleet with recycled water ("water") and the is the primary source of medical care, with groups of civilians routinely being brought aboard for check-ups, etc. ("Litmus"). She has also undertaken internal policing duties within the fleet ("Water", "Bastille Day").
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| Despite her meagre offensive capabilities in terms of available fighters, lack of pilots, no marine assault force, etc., - the ''Galactica '' has also been able to successfully go on the offensive against the Cylons ("The Hand of God"), capturing a fuel mining and processing plant in the process.
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