Galactica Museum
As part of Galactica's decommissioning, a museum was installed in the starboard flight pod. Massive windows were installed in the openings on each end of the pod. The museum contained a number of vehicles and displays relating to the Cylon War, including a Viper Mk. I, an old "flying wing" Raider, a landram, a shuttle, a Cylon Centurion Model 0005, and a 40-ship squadron of Viper Mk. II fighters.
In the process of the starboard flight pod's conversion into the museum, its launch tubes and launching console were converted into a gift shop, rendering it unusable for flight operations.
The decommissioning ceremony and a ceremonial flyby by Galactica's last remaining operational Viper squadron are held here just prior to the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies (Miniseries).
Galactica has returned some of the items of the museum to active use in their exodus from the Colonies. The first items salvaged are the Viper Mark II squadrons to defend the battlestar in their first Cylon sortie during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, since Galactica has no ordnance for her guns and very few Mark VII Vipers available (her last squadron departs for Caprica and is subsequently destroyed).
The remains of the museum are heavily damaged when a Cylon Heavy Raider rams into it the starboard landing bay and depressurizes the area (Scattered).
Later, a squadron of Raptors with possibly infected crew members lands in this flight pod (A Measure of Salvation). However, the flight pod probably hasn't resumed normal operations yet, as even in late Season 3 episodes the window over its aft opening is still visible.
Notes
- The replicas of the Original Series basestar, Viper, landram, shuttle, and Centurion are believed to be primarily homages to the Original Series. A piece of artwork in Commander Adama's quarters show a stylized battle in the Cylon War where Original Series-style Cylons are seen.
- A functional landram appears in "Scar" and a functioning basestar appears in the Razor Flashbacks, making these vehicles more than an homage.
- Because the Original Series and Re-imagined Series use highly different types of weapons and procedures, readers should not assume that these Original Series-style replicas in the museum infer that their Cylon War counterparts used the same Original Series technology.