Resurrection Ship

This article discusses the Cylon spacecraft called the Resurrection Ship. For the episodes of the same name, see "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and "Resurrection Ship, Part II".

Resurrection Ship
Race:	Cylon
Type:	Military
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Additional Information

The Resurrection Ship is a large vessel specifically dedicated to the "resurrection" of Cylon humanoids who are killed. Normally, upon death, their consciousnesses are downloaded into new identical bodies on the Cylon homeworld, but for Cylon agents located farther and farther away from home - such as those hidden within the humans' refugee Fleet - this is not possible, as the download range of a humanoid Cylon is limited.

For this reason, when the Cylons began pursuing The Fleet, they incorporated the Resurrection Ship at the center of their pursuit force, to provide their agents with a fallback position; if they were killed, their consciousnesses could be downloaded to new bodies without concern. Without that ship, a killed Cylon would truly die, as their consciousnesses also would be cut off.

Based on testimony provided by Gina and on reconnaisance photos taken by Starbuck (using the Blackbird), the ship contains multiple copies of Cylon agent models, along with all the apparatus necessary for resurrection (Resurrection Ship, Part I).

Pegasus reconnaissance photos

Pursuing the Fleet

When Pegasus happened upon a Resurrection Ship, later found to be pursuing the Fleet, they discover the ship was escorted by two basestars and approximately a dozen support vessels. It is assumed that the ships were following the Fleet since the exodus from the Colonies. Pegasus located this ship and its escorts sometime after the Fall of the Scorpian Fleet Shipyards and in turn used the Cylon fleet's movements to locate Galactica.

An interior view of the Cylon Resurrection Ship

A copy of D'anna Biers on Caprica tells of two Cylon Raiders from this Cylon fleet that are destroyed while relaying a documentary on Galactica's crew back to what she called "the fleet," presumably the same Cylon fleet guarding this ship.

Prior to Thrace's recon flight, the function and configuration of the Resurrection Ship was a complete mystery. Admiral Cain speculates that it was a command and control ship, while Adama suggests that it might be a Raider factory. The two ships begin planning an offensive strike on it, but tension between Admiral Helena Cain and Commander William Adama quickly escalate and threatened to derail the operation ("Pegasus"). Only after Thrace's arrival with data regarding the unknown ship did the standoff end.

Destruction

In a joint operation by the both Galactica and Pegasus, the Resurrection Ship is disabled and soon destroyed (Resurrection Ship, Part II) using a number of Colonial civilian transports left to bait the basestar's Raiders away from the Cylon Fleet. The fighters are engaged and kept occupied by the Vipers protecting the "helpless" Colonial ships.

With the Cylon fleet divided, the two battlestars attack the two basestars, their offensive power greatly diminished by the lack of their Raider forces. As the Resurrection Ship attempts to flee, the Blackbird, piloted by Lieutenant Lee Adama, slips within the ship's superstructure and disables the ship's FTL drive. As the two escort basestars are hacked to pieces by the battlestars' gun batteries, the Resurrection Ship, without any defensive support or offensive guns of its own, is quickly destroyed by another Viper squadron, led by Starbuck.

After its destruction, the imprisoned Cylon Sharon Valerii reveals to Thrace that the Resurrection Ship had also served to ressurrect the consciousnesses of destroyed Cylon Raiders. The loss of the ship forces the Cylons to change their attack tactics from direct frontal assaults on the Fleet en masse to more cautious hit-and-run Raider strikes and coy traps. In addition, Gina cannot be resurrected again (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II).