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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
The launch tubes fit one [[Viper]] at a time. | The Galactica has a total of 80 launch tubes, forty per flight pod. They are divided into five groups of eight tubes each. The launch tubes fit one [[Viper]] at a time. Four launch tubes are controlled by a launch supervisor. Centrally located, the launch supervisor can observe two launch tubes on either side of the control station thru a wide view port. After running the preliminary checks on the Viper, the launch supervisor presses the launch button and the clutch pushes the [[Viper]] out at an incredibly quick speed. The launch tubes are separated from the [[Hangar Deck|hangar deck]] by large airtight metal doors. When these doors close after the ship is in the tube, the doors at the end of the tube open, allowing the tube to open up into space. | ||
[[Alert Fighters]] are kept in the tubes at all times just in case a threat appears and the [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] cannot reach it in time or such. | [[Alert Fighters]] are kept in the tubes at all times just in case a threat appears and the [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] cannot reach it in time or such. | ||
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The launch tubes are used to allow the dead a military space funeral when there is no earth in which to bury them in ([[Act of Contrition]]). | The launch tubes are used to allow the dead a military space funeral when there is no earth in which to bury them in ([[Act of Contrition]]). | ||
As of "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" only the port launch tubes are operational. Starboard launch was converted into a gift shop to go with the museum in the starboard hangar bay prior to the [[Cylon Attack|destruction of the Twelve Colonies]]. | As of "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" only the port launch tubes are operational. Starboard launch was converted into a gift shop to go with the museum in the starboard hangar bay prior to the [[Cylon Attack|destruction of the Twelve Colonies]]. | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 31 July 2005
Launch tubes are extensively used on battlestars as a means of launching Vipers in all three of the Battlestar Galactica series.
Overview
The Galactica has a total of 80 launch tubes, forty per flight pod. They are divided into five groups of eight tubes each. The launch tubes fit one Viper at a time. Four launch tubes are controlled by a launch supervisor. Centrally located, the launch supervisor can observe two launch tubes on either side of the control station thru a wide view port. After running the preliminary checks on the Viper, the launch supervisor presses the launch button and the clutch pushes the Viper out at an incredibly quick speed. The launch tubes are separated from the hangar deck by large airtight metal doors. When these doors close after the ship is in the tube, the doors at the end of the tube open, allowing the tube to open up into space.
Alert Fighters are kept in the tubes at all times just in case a threat appears and the CAP cannot reach it in time or such.
The launch tubes are used to allow the dead a military space funeral when there is no earth in which to bury them in (Act of Contrition).
As of "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II" only the port launch tubes are operational. Starboard launch was converted into a gift shop to go with the museum in the starboard hangar bay prior to the destruction of the Twelve Colonies.