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* ''[[Colonial One]]'', President [[Laura Roslin]]'s ship, previously known as ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]''
* ''[[Colonial One]]'', President [[Laura Roslin]]'s ship, previously known as ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]''
* ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' ([[Colonial Day]])
* ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' ([[Colonial Day]])
* ''[[Astral Queen]]'', prison ship noted for carrying 500 prisoners, including [[Tom Zarek]] ([[Bastille Day]])
* ''[[Astral Queen]]'', prison ship noted for carrying 1500 prisoners, including [[Tom Zarek]] ([[Bastille Day]])
* ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'', a civilian ship that a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] was captured on ([[Flesh and Bone]])
* ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'', a civilian ship that a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] was captured on ([[Flesh and Bone]])
* ''[[Rising Star]]'', ship noted for having the first (reported) human birth after the exodus from the Colonies ([[33]])
* ''[[Rising Star]]'', ship noted for having the first (reported) human birth after the exodus from the Colonies ([[33]])

Revision as of 17:57, 11 July 2005

The Fleet is a euphemism used by the members thereof to describe the convoy of ships that made an exodus from the Twelve Colonies after the Cylon Holocaust.

Original Series

In the original series, the fleet comprised of the last surviving battlestar, Galactica, and 220 ships. With the exception of Battlestar Galactica, the ships were not capable of lightspeed. The fleet was restricted in its speed for it had to accomodate the slowest ship within the fleet -- removing that ship (or ships) was not an option as all ships in the Fleet were filled to (or over) capacity.

Ships in the fleet include:

Re-imagined Series

In the re-imagined series, the fleet comprised of the last surviving battlestar, Galactica, and 60 ships. All the ships were FTL capable, though at sublight speeds it is assumed that the fleet was as fast as the slowest ship in the fleet.

Ships in the fleet include: