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Launch keys are a critical component aboard Colonial ships. They are used to start up a ship's power plant and engines. Their removal from a ship will immobilize it.

During a briefing aboard the battlestar Galactica, senior officers learn that grounded civilian ships on New Caprica have had their launch keys removed by Cylons occupying the planet. The keys are very hard to duplicate, and Commander Lee Adama rules out making new ones as too difficult and time consuming ^{(TRS: "Precipice")}. One of the resistance's goals is to recover them, which Lieutenant Sharon "Athena" Agathon manages to do after landing covertly on the planet and infiltrating a secure storage facility ^{(TRS: "Exodus, Part I")}.

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-'''Launch keys''' are a critical component aboard [[Colonial]] ships. They are used, apparently, to start up a ship's powerplant and engines, similar to the way a car key does for the average automobile. Their removal from a ship will immobilize it.
+'''Launch keys''' are a critical component aboard [[Colonial]] ships. They are used to start up a ship's power plant and engines. Their removal from a ship will immobilize it.
-A briefing aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' reveals that the grounded ships on [[New Caprica]] have had their launch keys removed by the Cylons. The keys are very hard to duplicate and Lee Adama rules out making new ones as too difficult and time consuming ([[Precipice]]). One of the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]]'s goals is to recover them, which [[Sharon Agathon]] manages to do after landing on the planet. The manner in which she does this suggests that they are digital encryption keys and not physical objects ([[Exodus, Part I]]).
+During a briefing aboard the [[Galactica_type_battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'', senior officers learn that grounded [[The_Fleet_(TRS)|civilian ships]] on [[New Caprica]] have had their launch keys removed by [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylons]] occupying the planet. The keys are very hard to duplicate, and Commander [[Lee Adama]] rules out making new ones as too difficult and time consuming {{TRS|Precipice}}. One of the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]]'s goals is to recover them, which Lieutenant {{callsign|Athena}} manages to do after landing covertly on the planet and infiltrating a secure storage facility {{TRS|Exodus, Part I}}.
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