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The term frame describes the "ribs" of a vessel or main lateral bulkheads within a ship. In the Colonial Fleet, frames refer to the ribs that form structural segments of a battlestar. These major structural bulkheads provide structural strength as well as serve as dividers within the vessel's interior space into airtight compartments. Frames form a damage control against hull breaches that could vent atmosphere, equipment or crew into space. Frames help contain decompression within small compartments or bays.

Often when discussing areas of the ship, frame numbers are used to quickly define sections of a vessel. When Galactica was hit with a nuclear warhead in its first encounter with Cylons during Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Galactica's XO Saul Tigh informed Commander Adama of the extent of the fires burning within the severely damaged port flight pod by referencing what compartments were on fire by saying "everything forward of frame 250". Tigh was referring to the lateral bulkhead within the port side flight pod number 250, or in other words the 250th lateral structural bulkhead support rib within the hull's superstructure.

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-The term '''frame''' is used throughout the [[Colonial Fleet]]. It is a military vessel term which was derived from the term describing the "ribs" of a vessel or main lateral bulkheads within a ship. These major structural bulkheads provide structural strength to a ship-divide vessels. These also serve as dividers within the vessels interiors space into airtight compartments as a form of damage control should breaches occur within the hull and venting of atmosphere out into space occur. These bulkhead frames contain decompression within compartment or bays.
+The term '''frame'''  describes the "ribs" of a vessel or main lateral bulkheads within a ship. In the [[Colonial Fleet]], frames refer to the ribs that form structural segments of a [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]. These major structural bulkheads provide structural strength as well as serve as dividers within the vessel's interior space into airtight compartments.  Frames form a damage control against hull breaches that could vent atmosphere, equipment or crew into space. Frames help contain decompression within small compartments or bays.
-Often when discussing areas of the ship, frame numbers are used to quickly define sections of the vessel in question. For example, when the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' was hit with a nuclear warhead during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica's'' [[Executive officer|XO]] [[Saul Tigh]] informed [[William_Adama|Commander Adama]] the extent of the fires burning within the severely damaged port side [[flight pod]] by referencing what compartments were on fire by saying "everything forward of frame 250", by which he was referring to the lateral bulkhead within the port side flight pod number 250, or in other words the 250th lateral structural bulkhead support rib within the hulls superstructure.
+Often when discussing areas of the ship, frame numbers are used to quickly define sections of a vessel. When ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' was hit with a nuclear warhead in its first encounter with Cylons during [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica's'' [[Executive officer|XO]] [[Saul Tigh]] informed [[William_Adama|Commander Adama]] of the extent of the fires burning within the severely damaged port [[flight pod]] by referencing what compartments were on fire by saying "everything forward of frame 250". Tigh was referring to the lateral bulkhead within the port side flight pod number 250, or in other words the 250th lateral structural bulkhead support rib within the hull's superstructure.
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