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The Mercury-class battlestar, Pegasus

The front view

The Mercury-class battlestar is an advanced warship introduced into the Colonial Fleet sometime after the First Cylon War. For the unnamed original class, to which Galactica belongs, see Original Battlestar (RDM).

Overview

Following the end of the Cylon War, the original battlestars remained in service, and other battlestars were built. Their numbers steadily increased to a grand total of 120 ships in the Colonial Fleet. New models employed technologies, such as networked computers, which had been prohibited during the war (Mini-Series). A Mercury-class battlestar therefore sports several features not found aboard Galactica such as automated sliding doorways and basic computer recognition stations at vital areas. At the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, a Mercury-class battlestar was a top-of-the-line craft.

The physical appearance of the Mercury-class is different than that of the original Battlestar. The "neck" section is smaller, and the Mercury-class is equipped with eight sublight engine pods, compared the older class's four. These are also more "boxy" in appearance than those of the original. The flight pods also appear to have two entrances each, one above and below the midline and does not retract inward like the Galactica. Unlike Galactica, Pegasus appears to have a full armor "skin", but in Galactica's case this may have been deliberately removed prior to its decomissioning.

Based on figures from the episode "Pegasus", the standard crew complement of a Mercury-class battlestar is in excess of 2,500.

Known Mercury-class Battlestars

Battlestar Mercury, for which it presumed the class is named
Battlestar Pegasus (Resistance, Pegasus)

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 Following the end of the [[Cylon War]], the original battlestars remained in service, and other battlestars were built.  Their numbers steadily increased to a grand total of 120 ships in the Colonial Fleet.  New models employed technologies, such as networked computers, which had been prohibited during the war ([[Mini-Series]]).  A ''Mercury''-class battlestar therefore sports several features not found aboard ''Galactica'' such as automated sliding doorways and basic computer recognition stations at vital areas.  At the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], a ''Mercury''-class battlestar was a top-of-the-line craft.
-The physical appearance of the ''Mercury''-class is different than that of the original Battlestar.  The "neck" section is smaller, and the ''Mercury''-class is equipped with eight sublight engine pods, compared the older class's four.  These are also more "boxy" in appearance than those of the original.  The flight pods also appear to have two entrances each, above and below the midline and do not retract inward like the ''Galactica''.  Unlike ''Galactica'', ''Pegasus'' appears to have a full armor "skin", but in ''Galactica's'' case this may have been deliberately removed prior to its decomissioning.
+The physical appearance of the ''Mercury''-class is different than that of the original Battlestar.  The "neck" section is smaller, and the ''Mercury''-class is equipped with eight sublight engine pods, compared the older class's four.  These are also more "boxy" in appearance than those of the original.  The flight pods also appear to have two entrances each, one above and below the midline and does not retract inward like the ''Galactica''.  Unlike ''Galactica'', ''Pegasus'' appears to have a full armor "skin", but in ''Galactica's'' case this may have been deliberately removed prior to its decomissioning.
 Based on figures from the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", the standard crew complement of a Mercury-class battlestar is in excess of 2,500.