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Cloud 9, is a massive, FTL-capable luxury liner within the Fleet. The ship is unique in that as well as traditional living and working space on board, Cloud 9 incorporates a huge pressurized bio-dome that provides a realistic simulation of a planetary surface, including gardens, buildings, trees - even an artificial sky. President Laura Roslin's rebuilt Quorum of Twelve met here. It is ultimately destroyed by Gina in an act of nuclear terrorism when Baltar is elected president.

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-'''''[[Colonial One]]''''', a passenger starliner formerly known as ''Colonial Heavy 798'', is now the residence and seat of government of the [[Government|President]] of the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].   At the time of the [[Cylon attack]], she was ferrying then-Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]] to the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' for its decommissioning ceremony.  However, when word was recieved that President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] and all 42 Cabinet-level officials above Roslin in line of [[Case Orange|presidential succession]] died, Roslin was sworn-in as President aboard the vessel, know identified by the presidential callsign ''Colonial One''.
+'''''[[Cloud 9]]''''', is a massive, [[FTL]]-capable luxury liner within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].  The ship is unique in that as well as traditional living and working space on board, Cloud 9 incorporates a huge pressurized bio-dome that provides a realistic simulation of a planetary surface, including gardens, buildings, trees - even an artificial sky.  President [[Laura Roslin]]'s rebuilt [[Quorum of Twelve]] met here. It is ultimately destroyed by [[Gina]] in an act of [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|nuclear terrorism]] when Baltar is elected president. <br/>
-After successfully escaping from the Cylons with a [[The Fleet (RDM)|refugee fleet]] shepherded by ''Galactica'', President Roslin set up her office on ''Colonial One'' and began trying to rebuild the civilian government from there.  Roslin served out the remaining months of President Adar's term on ''Colonial One'', before [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|losing the presidential election]] to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]].  President Baltar proceeded to order the fleet to colonize [[New Caprica]], landing ''Colonial One'' on the planet, and remodelling it into his own egocentric bachelor pad.  <br/>
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