Pegasus (TRS)

Overview

Battlestar Pegasus is a Colonial battlestar that has not been formally canonized in the Re-Imagined Battlestar Galactica at this time.

However, mention of the vessel has been given is several articles published about (Zoic), the company responsible for the visual effects of the Mini-Series and the majority of effects in Season One.

Re-Imagined Series

The Pegasus is a Mercury-class battlestar that was stationed at the Scorpion Ship Yards during the Cylon attack. It survived when its commanding officer, Admiral Nelena Cain, ordered a blind jump - but not before rescuing a number of the shipyard workers, incluidng the Humano-Cylon agent Gina. Gina alerted the Cylons to the location of the Pegasus, and the subsequent attack resulted in eight hundred of the crew's deaths. However, Gina was apprehended. Some time later, the Pegasus encountered the fleet led by the Galactica.

Original Series

Pegasus was the second battlestar known to have survived the Cylon Attack. It was commanded by Commander Cain, whom Viper pilots Bojay and Sheba served under. It was the only surviving ship from the Battle of Molecay, meeting up with the Galactica in The Living Legend.

The military genius Cain lead the ship against two Cylon Basestars to permit the Galactica and the Fleet to escape. The question of the survival of Cain and his battlestar was always in doubt, though it is generally assumed by the fandom that the ship survived.

Greek Parallels

Pegasus is derived from the Greek mythos. Pegasus was a winged horse-god who was the foal of Posideon; this image of a winged horse is emblematic on the Viper Helmet of Pegasus's pilots in The Living Legend.

Links

• Pegasus (from Wikipedia)

--Joe Beaudoin 23:46, 21 Jan 2005 (EST)