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{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Dynamite Comics}}{{disambiguation|The Fleet (TOS)|the canonical depiction of this subject}}[[Image:ragtagfleet.jpg|thumb|A shot of the "rag-tag fugitive fleet".|link=https://en.battlestarwiki.org/File:Ragtagfleet.jpg]]
:''This article involves the caravan of [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight-speed]] civilian ships in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. For information on its [[FTL|faster-than-light capable]] counterpart in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[The Fleet (RDM)]]. For general information on the military of the Twelve Colonies in both series, see [[Colonial Fleet]]''.<br/><br/>
After the destruction of the {{alt|The Twelve Colonies|TOS|Twelve Colonies}} in a devastating genocidal attack on the Colonial worlds, Commander {{alt|Adama|TOS}} orders all survivors to find what operational ships that remain on their shattered worlds and fly them towards {{alt|battlestar|TOS}} ''{{alt|Galactica|TOS}}'', the sole surviving battlestar after her sister warships are also {{alt|Battle of Cimtar||destroyed}} in the two-prong {{alt|Cylon|TOS}} attack. With nowhere else to call home, Adama decrees that the remnants of humanity will search for the {{alt|Thirteenth Tribe|TOS}} on a planet called {{alt|Earth|TOS}}.
[[Image:ragtagfleet.jpg|thumb|A shot of the "rag-tag fugitive fleet".]]
Under the guardianship of ''Galactica'', the Fleet comprises of 220 civilian ships. With the exception of ''Galactica'', the ships are not capable of [[lightspeed]] flight. The Fleet's overall speed is limited to that of the slowest ship within the group. As all ships in the Fleet were filled to (or over) capacity, removing the slower ships from the caravan is not an option.
After the destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]] in a devastating genocidal attack on the Colonial worlds, Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] orders all survivors to find what operational ships that remain on their shattered worlds and fly them towards [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', the sole surviving battlestar after her sister warships are also [[Battle of Cimtar|destroyed]] in the two-prong [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] attack. With nowhere else to call home, Adama decrees that the remnants of humanity will search for the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]] on a planet called [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]].
== Dynamite Entertainment comics ==
{{Mainarticle|The Fleet (TOS-DE alternate)}}
The depictions of the rag-tag, fugitive fleet span during the events of the series ({{Comics|annual2014}}, {{Comics|vol1}}, {{Comics|apocalypse}}) in the [[yahren]] {{Alt|7348}}, and onward ({{Comics|vol2}}, {{Comics|vol3}}). The last appearance of the Fleet is into {{Alt|7358}} ({{Comics|annual2014}}).
Under the guardianship of ''Galactica'', the Fleet comprises of 220 civilian ships. With the exception of ''Galactica'', the ships are not capable of [[lightspeed]] flight. The Fleet's overall speed is limited to that of the slowest ship within the group. As all ships in the Fleet were filled to (or over) capacity, removing the slower ships from the caravan is not a option.
A different variation of the Fleet is depicted in {{Comics|1980}}, where the survivors under Commander [[Troykus Adama]] make their disastrous and fraught encounter with [[Earth (1980 alternate)|Earth]]. Due to inherent disparitie [[Earth (1980 alternate)|in this series]]<nowiki/>s, this depiction is distinctly separate from the depiction in other Dynamite installments.
! Name !! Ship type / function !! Last Seen !! Notes
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| ''[[Agro Ship 9]]'' || [[Agro Ship]] / food supplier, civilian || [[War of the Gods, Part II]] || Last surviving agro ship after an extremely successful Cylon attack against both her and her sister ships.
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| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Astradon}}'' || Freighter, civilian || [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]] || A dejected [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] tells an equally-dejected [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] that he found a little place on board the freighter that "with a little paint, and some nice curtains, it's so cozy".
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| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Borella}}'' || Unknown, civilian || [[The Man with Nine Lives]] || Ship on the route taken by the transport shuttle ''[[Canaris]]''. From the name, this is likely the ship from whence [[Bora]], [[Maga]], and [[Taba]] came, and is presumably run by Borellian Nomen (given their disdain for other Colonials).
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| ''[[Celestra (TOS)|Celestra]] || Electronics ship, civilian || [[Take the Celestra]] || Formerly commanded by Commander [[Kronus]]. This is the "command ship" for a small group of ships Adama assigns him to command.
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| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Comm-Tel Ship}}'' || [[Inter-Fleet Broadcasting]] ship, civilian || [[The Man with Nine Lives]] || Conning his way out of paying for passage to ''[[Rising Star]]'', [[Chameleon]]—claiming to be IFB's president—tells the [[ducket]] taker on the shuttle ''[[Canaris]]'' to head over to this ship so that he may be interviewed.
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| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Edina}}'' || Civilian ship || Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II || According to Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]], this ship almost goes astray when in the [[magnetic void]] en route to [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]].
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| ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' || Colonial [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]], military escort || [[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]] || Last known surviving battlestar, roughly 500 [[yahren]] old.
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| ''[[Gemini (TOS)|Gemini]]'' || Gemonese freighter, civilian || [[War of the Gods, Part I]] || Freighter with indigent and disaffected refugees; the "[[Boray]]s of humanity" reside here.
|-
| {{inlineref|bold=N|Livestock Ship}} || Agricultural ship, civilian || The Man with Nine Lives || Commanded by Captain [[Dmitri]], this ship is presumably a source for meat and other poultry. [[Chameleon]] posed as Dimitri in order to con some [[Borellian Nomen]] ([[Bora]], [[Maga]] and [[Taba]]) into buying parts to build a ship of an unknown type.
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| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Orphan Ship}}'' || Orphan care, civilian || [[Baltar's Escape]] || The purpose of the ''Orphan Ship'' appears to be oriented towards the care and processing of children orphaned during the [[Battle of Cimtar|fall of the Colonies]].
[[Chameleon]] claims to be a geneticist from the ''Orphan Ship'' and claims that the list for genetic testing is "[[yahren]] long" ([[The Man with Nine Lives]]).
Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] later comments to Siress [[Tinia]] that [[Council Security]] would be unable to stop an escape from the ''Orphan Ship'' ([[Baltar's Escape]]).
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| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Pisces}} || Unknown, civilian || The Man with Nine Lives || One of the ships on the route taken by the transport shuttle ''[[Canaris]]''.
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| ''[[Prison Barge]]'' || Prison ship, civilian || [[Baltar's Escape]] || Operated by members of [[Council Security]].
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| ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]'' || Luxury liner and [[chancery]], civilian || [[The Man With Nine Lives]] || Formerly operated by [[Trans Stellar Spacelines]]. Used to evacuate children and their caretakers off [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]] during the [[Battle of Cimtar|Cylon attack]].
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| ''[[Sanitation ship|Sanitation Ship]]'' || Sanitation ship, civilian || [[The Long Patrol]] || [[Starbuck]] complained about being able to see a sanitation ship out the porthole of the dining chamber of the ''[[Rising Star]]'' as an excuse to book an additional chamber to keep [[Athena]] and [[Cassiopeia]] from accidentally meeting, as he engaged in a dinner-date with both at the same time.
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| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Senior Ship}}'' || Elderly caretaker ship, civilian || The Man with Nine Lives || [[Siress]] [[Blassie]] bombarded ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' with messages asking about the whereabouts of [[Chameleon]] from this ship. Adama later remands Chameleon to this ship as Blassie has offered to take custody of the apparent vagrant.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Tip Barge}}'' || Refuse ship, civilian<ref>A tip barge may be a place for depositing rubbish, if the word "[[w:Landfill|tip]]" is used in the British manner.</ref> || Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II || Mentioned by [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] while engaging in mock stereotypical feminine conversation with [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]; [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] claims that he procured [[valcron]] from this ship.
|-
| ''{{inlineref|bold=N|Trainian}}'' || Unknown, civilian || The Man with Nine Lives || One of the ships on the route taken by the transport shuttle ''[[Canaris]]''.
|}
=== Destroyed ===
* At least two [[Agro Ship|agro ships]] ([[TOS]]: "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]").
=== Unknown ===
* Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]'' briefly joins the Fleet in "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]" and "[[The Living Legend, Part II|Part II]]", but loses contact with the Fleet during the [[Battle of Gamoray]].
=== Other ships ===
* ''[[Colonial Movers]]'' freighters
* An unnamed ''[[Flattop]]'' ship
== ''Galactica 1980'' ==
* The freighter ''[[Delphi (ship)|Delphi]]'' is shown in the "[[Galactica 1980]]" episode "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]", and is the Fleet's schooling ship.
* Interestingly, in "[[Space Croppers]]", the Galactican Fleet is shown to have three agro ships, despite the fact that two were destroyed nearly three decades before. (This can be seen as a [[Continuity error (1980)|continuity error]].)
=== Other ===
The Fleet is also comprised of [[Colonial Shuttle (TOS)|shuttles]] and Colonial [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s, which are likely not indicated in the "220 ship" figure given in "[[Saga of a Star World]]". It is indicated that there are non-military shuttles that ferry people and, possibly, supplies throughout the Fleet. One such craft is the shuttle ''[[Canaris]]'' ([[TOS]]: "[[The Man with Nine Lives]]"), in addition to the shuttle piloted by [[Aurora]] of the ''[[Celestra (TOS)|Celestra]]'' ([[TOS]]: "[[Take the Celestra]]").
In addition to their ship compliment, the Colonials have at least one [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] in their possession, as a result of [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge|their victory at Galaxy's Edge]] ([[TOS]]: "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]").
Fleet identification chart. Note that a Cylon mine and an [[Eastern Alliance]] warship can be seen in the far distance in a number of late TOS episodes, e.g. "[[Take the Celestra]]"...]]
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This article has a separate continuity. This article is in the Dynamite Comics separate continuity, which is related to the Original Series. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.
For the canonical depiction of this subject, see: The Fleet (TOS).A shot of the "rag-tag fugitive fleet".
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in a devastating genocidal attack on the Colonial worlds, Commander Adama orders all survivors to find what operational ships that remain on their shattered worlds and fly them towards battlestarGalactica, the sole surviving battlestar after her sister warships are also destroyed in the two-prong Cylon attack. With nowhere else to call home, Adama decrees that the remnants of humanity will search for the Thirteenth Tribe on a planet called Earth.
Under the guardianship of Galactica, the Fleet comprises of 220 civilian ships. With the exception of Galactica, the ships are not capable of lightspeed flight. The Fleet's overall speed is limited to that of the slowest ship within the group. As all ships in the Fleet were filled to (or over) capacity, removing the slower ships from the caravan is not an option.
A different variation of the Fleet is depicted in Galactica 1980, where the survivors under Commander Troykus Adama make their disastrous and fraught encounter with Earth. Due to inherent disparitie in this seriess, this depiction is distinctly separate from the depiction in other Dynamite installments.
