Battlestar Galactica category
Original Series
14 entries tagged Original Series. Every entry is sourced from the Battlestar Galactica reimagined series, the miniseries, the television films, or the official companion material.
- Acropolis: battlestar lost at CimtarIn the Original Series continuity, the Acropolis was a Colonial battlestar that fought through the Thousand-Yahren War against the Cylon Alliance. It was among the few battlestars left to attend the armistice talks over Cimtar and was destroyed when the conference proved a Cylon trap.
- Atlantia: flagship at CimtarIn the Original Series continuity, the Atlantia was a Colonial battlestar of the Thousand-Yahren War that carried President Adar and the Council of the Twelve to the peace conference at Cimtar. Caught off guard when the conference proved a Cylon trap, it was overwhelmed and destroyed.
- Centurion: the machine soldiers of the Cylon EmpireThe Centurions were a mass produced race of mechanical beings created by the reptilian Cylons. After overthrowing their creators, they made up the bulk of the military forces of the reconstituted Cylon Empire, commanding Raiders and leading its ground forces under the Imperious Leader.
- ColumbiaIn the Original Series continuity, the Columbia was a Colonial battlestar that fought in the Thousand Yahren War against the Cylon Alliance. It was destroyed in the surprise Cylon strike at the Cimtar armistice talks.
- Delphi: the Colonial school shipDelphi was a freighter that escaped the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies of Man and joined the civilian fleet led by Galactica. Used chiefly to school and shelter the fleet's children, it was destroyed by a Cylon patrol while carrying them back to Earth.
- Galactica: the last battlestar of the Colonial ServiceIn the Original Series continuity, the Galactica was a Colonial battlestar that served over five hundred yahrens in the Thousand-Yahren War. After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Man at Cimtar, it survived to lead a rag-tag fugitive fleet on the search for Earth.
- Mineral ShipThe Mineral Ship was a Colonial mining cruiser used to extract raw metals from planets without establishing a permanent operation. Vessels of the type served the refugee fleet on its long journey toward Earth.
- Pacifica: battlestar lost at CimtarIn the Original Series continuity, the Pacifica was a Colonial battlestar that fought through the Thousand-Yahren War against the Cylon Alliance. It was among the few battlestars sent to the armistice talks over Cimtar, where it was destroyed in the Cylon ambush that ended the war.
- Pegasus: the lost battlestarPegasus was a battlestar of the Fifth Fleet, long believed destroyed but kept alive by the brilliance of its commander, Cain. After the Fall of the Twelve Colonies it rejoined the refugee fleet led by Galactica before vanishing in an attack on a Cylon basestar.
- Pluton: the Cylon food poisonIn the Original Series continuity, Pluton was a Cylon weapon used to contaminate food supplies. When it bombarded provisions it broke down their structure, rendering them inedible and toxic enough to kill, and it threatened the survival of the refugees fleeing the Twelve Colonies of Man.
- Rising Star: the Galactican passenger linerThe Rising Star was a Galactican built passenger liner. After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Man, it evacuated women and children from Caprica to join the refugee fleet bound for Earth.
- Rycon: battlestar of the Fourth Colonial FleetIn the Original Series continuity, Rycon was a Colonial battlestar that served through the Thousand-Yahren War against the Cylons. Commanded by Kronus, it was the command ship of the Fourth Colonial Fleet and was likely lost in the war's final years, being absent from the gathering at Cimtar.
- Triton: battlestar lost at CimtarIn the Original Series continuity, the Triton was a Colonial battlestar that fought through the Thousand-Yahren War against the Cylon Alliance. It was among the few battlestars left to venture out to the peace conference over Cimtar, where it was destroyed when the talks proved a Cylon trap.
- Xaviar: the renegade Colonial commanderXaviar was a commander and council member of the refugee fleet that fled the Twelve Colonies of Man for Earth. Disgusted by Commander Adama's policy of non-interference, he used a time machine to travel to the 1940s and aid Nazi Germany, hoping to force Earth into a technological renaissance.