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The observation deck is a recreational room located on the bow of Galactica, and is one of the few locations featuring windows to view the surrounding space outside the ship. Large doors protect the bay window from being damaged when not in use, or during emergency situations.

Following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the room is largely used by civilians and couples for courtship, although astronomers make use of telescopes placed within the room as well. Due to high demand by the Fleet's denizens, Galactica's leadership imposes time limits on each group using the deck to maximize use by all persons.

Occasionally, Viper pilots on CAP duty like to dazzle spectators, and perform maneuvers in front of the large bay window ^{(TRS: "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down")}.

The observation deck was ultimately destroyed during the Battle of the Colony, after Galactica was used to ram the Colony, resulting in the collapse of many of the forward compartments in the bow section ^{(TRS: "Daybreak, Part II")}.

Notes

In the "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down" podcast, executive producer Ron Moore explains how the observation deck highlights one of the naturalistic science fiction style of the Re-imagined Series:

"There really aren't any windows aboard Galactica, it's not really a traditional sort of sci-fi spaceship where you get to look outside and see space all the time. It's not like the bridge of the Enterprise where there's a giant viewscreen where you're always looking at stars and looking at space. And aboard Galactica, which is really a warship, the idea that there would be big places of windows was sort of ridiculous. But it did feel right that perhaps there was one place, that perhaps there was one area of the ship which accepted a window, a port, to look out, and that it would be a fairly confined space for the crew on these very deep space missions that probably last months, if not years, and that there might be a place where they could go and just stargaze for a little bit. And in this situation, it seemed like there would be a lot of people lining up to try to look at the stars and— y'know, a break from the monotony of staring at metal walls and the claustrophobia of being onboard a spaceship out in the vacuum of space."

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-[[Image:Dee and bee.jpg|thumb|right|[[Anastasia Dualla]] and [[Billy Keikeya]] on the observation deck on a date (Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down)]]
+[[Image:Obs Deck Ex.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]] zeros in on the observation deck {{TRS|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down}}.]]
-The '''observation deck''' is a lounge room located on the bow of ''[[Galactica]]'', which is probably the only part of the vessel which has windows to view outside and into space through.
+The '''observation deck''' is a recreational room located on the bow of ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', and is one of the few locations featuring windows to view the surrounding space outside the ship. Large doors protect the bay window from being damaged when not in use, or during emergency situations.
-As ''Galactica'' is a [[Galactica type battlestar|warship]], it does not have windows over much of its hull because these would be vulnerable to battle damage. Even the observation deck has armored doors which close over the windows when they are not in use.
+[[Image:GalacticaInterior ObservationDeck.jpg|thumb|[[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] from the [[CAP]] maneuver in front of the bay window {{TRS|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down}}.]]
+Following the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the room is largely used by civilians and couples for courtship, although astronomers make use of telescopes placed within the room as well. Due to high demand by [[The Fleet (TRS)|the Fleet]]'s denizens, ''Galactica''<nowiki/>'s leadership imposes time limits on each group using the deck to maximize use by all persons.
-[[Image:GalacticaInterior ObservationDeck.jpg|thumb|right|Forward view (Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down).]]
+Occasionally, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] [[List of pilots|pilots]] on [[CAP]] duty like to dazzle spectators, and perform maneuvers in front of the large bay window {{TRS|Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down}}.
-The room is often used by couples for courting. Because of the high demand for this room, officials on ''Galactica'' have had to impose time limits on each group that enters. [[Billy Keikeya]] takes [[Anastasia Dualla]] on a date to the observation deck.  Vipers occasionally do fly-bys in front of this room ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).
+[[File:TRS - Daybreak - Fore Section Rammed into Colony.jpg|thumb|The forward section of ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' embedded through [[the Colony]]'s hull during the [[Battle of the Colony]], including damage to the observation deck that is shuttered {{TRS|Daybreak}}.]]
+The observation deck was ultimately destroyed during the [[Battle of the Colony]], after ''Galactica'' was used to ram [[the Colony]], resulting in the collapse of many of the forward compartments in the bow section {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.
-During the [[Battle Of The Colony]] the observation deck is used to board the colony when Galactica rams it. It also appears that their are two more airlocks that might be used as observation decks. [[Daybreak , Part II]]
+== Notes ==
+In the [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|"Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down" podcast]], executive producer [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]] explains how the observation deck highlights one of the [[naturalistic science fiction]] style of the [[Re-imagined Series]]:
-==Notes==
-In the "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down" podcast, executive producer Ron Moore explains how the observation deck highlights one of the [[naturalistic science fiction]] style of the Re-imagined Series:
 :"There really aren't any windows aboard ''Galactica'', it's not really a traditional sort of sci-fi spaceship where you get to look outside and see space all the time. It's not like the bridge of the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' where there's a giant viewscreen where you're always looking at stars and looking at space. And aboard ''Galactica'', which is really a warship, the idea that there would be big places of windows was sort of ridiculous. But it did feel right that perhaps there was one place, that perhaps there was one area of the ship which accepted a window, a port, to look out, and that it would be a fairly confined space for the crew on these very deep space missions that probably last months, if not years, and that there might be a place where they could go and just stargaze for a little bit. And in this situation, it seemed like there would be a lot of people lining up to try to look at the stars and— y'know, a break from the monotony of staring at metal walls and the claustrophobia of being onboard a spaceship out in the vacuum of space."