The Fleet (TOS)

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This article involves the caravan of sublight-speed civilian ships in the Original Series. For information on its faster-than-light capable counterpart in the Re-imagined Series, see The Fleet (RDM). For general information on the military of the Twelve Colonies in both series, see Colonial Fleet.

A shot of the "rag-tag fugitive fleet".

After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in a devastating genocidal attack on the Colonial worlds, Commander Adama orders all survivors to find what operational ships that remain on their shattered worlds and fly them towards battlestar Galactica, the sole surviving battlestar after her sister warships are also destroyed in the two-prong Cylon attack. With nowhere else to call home, Adama decrees that the remnants of humanity will search for the Thirteenth Tribe on a planet called Earth.

Under the guardianship of Galactica, the Fleet comprises of 220 civilian ships. With the exception of Galactica, the ships are not capable of lightspeed flight. The Fleet's overall speed is limited to that of the slowest ship within the group. As all ships in the Fleet were filled to (or over) capacity, removing the slower ships from the caravan is not a option.

Known Ships[edit]

Active[edit]

Name Ship type / function Last Seen Notes
Agro Ship 9 Agro Ship / food supplier, civilian War of the Gods, Part II Last surviving agro ship after an extremely successful Cylon attack against both her and her sister ships.
Astradon Freighter, civilian Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II A dejected Apollo tells an equally-dejected Starbuck that he found a little place on board the freighter that "with a little paint, and some nice curtains, it's so cozy".
Celestra Electronics ship, civilian Take the Celestra Formerly commanded by Commander Kronus. This is the "command ship" for a small group of ships Adama assigns him to command.
Edina Civilian ship Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II According to Colonel Tigh, this ship almost goes astray when in the Magnetic void en route to Kobol.
Galactica Colonial battlestar, military escort The Hand of God Last known surviving battlestar, roughly 500 yahren old.
Gemini Gemonese freighter, civilian War of the Gods, Part I Freighter with indigent and disaffected refugees; the "Borays of humanity" reside here.
Prison Barge Prison ship, civilian Baltar's Escape Operated by members of Council Security.
Rising Star Luxury liner and chancery, civilian The Man With Nine Lives Formerly operated by Trans Stellar Spacelines. Used to evacuate children and their caretakers off Caprica during the Cylon attack.
Tip Barge Refuse ship, civilian[1] Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II Mentioned by Apollo while engaging in mock stereotypical feminine conversation with Starbuck; Apollo claims that he procured valcron from this ship.

Destroyed[edit]

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Other ships[edit]

Galactica 1980[edit]

Other[edit]

The Fleet is also comprised of shuttles and Colonial Vipers, which are likely not indicated in the "220 ship" figure given in "Saga of a Star World". It is indicated that there are non-military shuttles that ferry people and, possibly, supplies throughout the Fleet. One such craft is the shuttle Canaris (The Man with Nine Lives), in addition to the shuttle piloted by Aurora of the Celestra (Take the Celestra).

In addition to their ship compliment, the Colonials have at least one Cylon Raider in their possession, as a result of their victory at Galaxy's Edge (The Hand of God).

  1. A tip barge may be a place for depositing rubbish, if the word "tip" is used in the British manner.