Battlestar Solaria: the networked warship lost in the opening hours of the Fall
Solaria was a Colonial battlestar fitted with integrated command and control and Gaius Baltar's Command Navigation Program. It was reported destroyed alongside Columbia and Triton during the Cylon attack, in the news of the Fleet's losses that reached Galactica.
Solaria was a battlestar of the Colonial Fleet carrying integrated command and control systems and Dr Gaius Baltar's Command Navigation Program. It was reported lost during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, along with Columbia and Triton, in the news of the Fleet's losses that reached Commander William Adama aboard Galactica. (Battlestar Galactica miniseries)
What happened to the battlestar Solaria?#
Solaria was reported destroyed in the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies, in the same news that listed Columbia and Triton, as word of the Fleet's losses reached Adama aboard Galactica. (Battlestar Galactica miniseries)
The listing matters more than the absence of detail. Triton belonged to Battlestar Group 39 and carried the same integrated command and control and the same CNP. Columbia was the second battlestar of its name, the first having been lost at Operation Raptor Talon. Solaria sat in that company, and the three of them went in one line of a report. (Battlestar Galactica, "33"; Battlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks; Battlestar Galactica miniseries)
Why did a modern battlestar fall so fast?#
Every feature that made Solaria current made it reachable, because the Cylons had obtained the Command Navigation Program and altered it so that they could open a ship's firewalls and shut it down at will. (Battlestar Galactica miniseries)
The pattern repeated across the Fleet. Admiral Nagala lost Atlantia over Virgon to the same backdoors, and his death is what put Adama in command of what remained. The battlestar Uned went down in the first waves the same way. Dualla read Gaeta the report on it: one battlestar lost power just before it made contact with the enemy, and it was like someone just turned off a switch. (Battlestar Galactica miniseries)
The ships that lived were the ones nobody had finished modernising. Pegasus was sitting through a scheduled overhaul with its networks switched off, and that, rather than anything its crew did, is why it was still there afterwards. (Battlestar Galactica: Razor)
Sources
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica miniseries, Miniseries, Sci Fi Channel (2003)
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica, "33", Season 1, Episode 1 (2005)
- SerialBattlestar Galactica: Razor Flashbacks, Webisode series, Sci Fi Channel (2007)
- FilmBattlestar Galactica: Razor, Television film (2007)
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Battlestar Atlantia
The Atlantia was a Colonial battlestar that became the flagship of the Fleet during the Cylon surprise attack, when Admiral Nagala took personal command aboard her after the loss of Picon Fleet Headquarters. She was destroyed over Virgon, a victim of the Cylon backdoors in the Command Navigation Program.
Battlestar Columbia (Second)
The second Battlestar Columbia was a warship of the Colonial Fleet at the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. She shared her name with the Columbia lost in the First Cylon War, and was reported destroyed in the opening hours of the Cylon attack.
Battlestar Triton
Triton was a Colonial battlestar that served after the First Cylon War and was destroyed during the opening engagements of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Galactica
Galactica was a Jupiter-class battlestar that served the Colonial Fleet from the Cylon War until the discovery of Earth. Never networked, it survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and shepherded the last fifty thousand humans across uncharted space before being scuttled into the sun.
Pegasus: Helena Cain's battlestar
Pegasus survived the Fall because an overhaul had taken parts of its Command Navigation Program offline. It was lost ramming a basestar to cover Galactica's escape from New Caprica.
Admiral Nagala: the last commander of the Colonial Fleet
Admiral Nagala was the flag officer who took personal command of the Colonial Fleet after Picon Fleet Headquarters was destroyed in the opening barrage of the Fall. The admiral led a counterattack near Virgon that the Cylon corruption of the Command Navigation Program turned into a massacre, and died aboard Atlantia.
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Battlestar Atlantia
The Atlantia was a Colonial battlestar that became the flagship of the Fleet during the Cylon surprise attack, when Admiral Nagala took personal command aboard her after the loss of Picon Fleet Headquarters. She was destroyed over Virgon, a victim of the Cylon backdoors in the Command Navigation Program.
Battlestar Columbia (Second)
The second Battlestar Columbia was a warship of the Colonial Fleet at the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. She shared her name with the Columbia lost in the First Cylon War, and was reported destroyed in the opening hours of the Cylon attack.
Battlestar Triton
Triton was a Colonial battlestar that served after the First Cylon War and was destroyed during the opening engagements of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
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