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Ships

97 entries tagged Ships. 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.
AdrasteiaAdrasteia was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies as part of the ragtag fleet. It carried roughly 765 crew and passengers and survived into deep space about a year after the Fall.
AdriaticAdriatic was a decommissioned Defender-class warship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies with the Fleet. One of the few armed civilian vessels, it was destroyed during the journey to the Algae planet roughly two years after the Fall.
Aether: civilian ship of the ragtag fleetAether was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies as part of the ragtag fleet of survivors that gathered under the protection of Galactica.
Alert-typeThe Alert-type was a purpose-built Colonial escort warship of the First Cylon War and a sister class of the Hornet-type. Once mighty line vessels, the Alert-type ships were relegated to escorting the newly built Jupiter-class battlestars, and at least one was retrofitted as a hospital ship.
Argo Navis: refugee ship of the fleetThe Argo Navis was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet. It carried roughly 665 people under Captain Simpson Markson, who was later chosen to serve as a judge at the trial of Gaius Baltar.
Armistice StationArmistice Station was a Colonial space station built on the Colonial-Cylon border after the Cylon War to host yearly diplomatic meetings. For forty years the Cylons sent no ambassador, and on the fortieth anniversary the station was destroyed as the opening move of the attack on the Colonies.
Astral QueenThe Astral Queen was a luxury liner converted into a Colonial prison transport that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Control passed to its inmates, who rallied under Tom Zarek and made the ship a power base within the fleet.
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.
Aurora: civilian ship of the FleetAurora was an FTL-capable civilian vessel that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica. It carried roughly 439 people and shared its name with the Lord of Kobol associated with the dawn.
Baah Pakal: civilian ship of the refugee FleetBaah Pakal was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the refugee fleet. Its passengers took part in the Colonial presidential election, and a pair of unused DDG-62 engines aboard it were later given over to the stealth fighter Blackbird.
Battlestar ArcheronThe Battlestar Archeron was a Jupiter-class battlestar of the Colonial Fleet during the First Cylon War. Attached to the Ghost Fleet, she was destroyed in a Cylon ambush during the final years of the conflict.
Battlestar AthenaBattlestar Athena was a Jupiter-class battlestar of the Colonial Fleet during the First Cylon War. The fifth ship of her class, she belonged to Picon and fought in some of the most desperate battles of the war.
Battlestar AtlantiaThe 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 disabled by the Cylon Command Navigation Program exploit and destroyed over Virgon.
Battlestar ChronosThe Chronos was a Chronos-type battlestar of the Colonial Fleet and the first battlestar destroyed by enemy fire in almost forty years. Dispatched to recover a lost reconnaissance pilot days before the Fall, she was lured into a Cylon trap and torn apart by nuclear fire.
Battlestar Columbia (Second)The second Battlestar Columbia was one of the most modern warships in the Colonial Fleet at the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Named for the original Columbia lost in the First Cylon War, she served as a Viper testbed before being destroyed over Virgon in Admiral Nagala's task force.
Battlestar ColumbiaThe Columbia was a Jupiter-class battlestar and sister ship to Galactica, one of the most decorated warships of the First Cylon War. She was the last known Colonial ship lost in that conflict, destroyed shortly before the armistice.
Battlestar PrometheusPrometheus was one of the first twelve Jupiter-class battlestars built to counter the Cylon threat. Over her career she served alongside Battlestar Galactica and Battlestar Columbia in at least one joint operation.
Battlestar TritonTriton 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.
Battlestar ValkyrieThe Valkyrie (BS-41) was a Valkyrie-class battlestar of the Colonial Fleet. A relic of the Cylon War kept in service through repeated upgrades, she was commanded by William Adama and destroyed in the opening hours of the Fall.
Battlestar YashumanThe Yashuman was a Valkyrie-class battlestar of the Colonial Fleet that led Caprica's orbital defense patrol at the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. She detected the incoming Cylon basestars but was crippled by the Command Navigation Program exploit before she could mount her attack run.
BattlestarThe battlestar was a class of armored battleship and carrier hybrid in service with the Colonial Fleet. First built during the Cylon War as a counter to Cylon hacking, battlestars relied on unnetworked computers, carried hundreds of fighters, and were armored to survive nuclear blasts.
Berzerk-classThe Berzerk-class was a large Colonial support vessel that served from the Cylon War through to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Its success was attributed to detachable multi-mission package modules carried in the mid-section of its hull.
Botanical CruiserThe Botanical Cruiser was a civilian passenger liner of the Colonies, built around a central hull ringed with bio-domes. Ordered to hold position outside the warzone during the Fall, she instead answered the call to assemble a refugee fleet.
Caprica ClipperCaprica Clipper was a Gemenon Liner 1701-type civilian cruiser operated by Pan Galactic. She joined the ragtag fleet after the Fall and survived years of flight before being scuttled in the Sol System.
Carillon Trader: civilian ship of the refugee FleetCarillon Trader was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies as part of the refugee fleet. It carried roughly two hundred and eighty two crew and passengers into deep space.
CarinaCarina was a Virgon Express-type maintenance ship that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica. It was lost during a hazardous transit of a radiation-filled star cluster.
CelestraCelestra was a Colonial deep space research vessel that carried human refugees away from the Cyrannus star system after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
ChrionChrion was a Gemenon Liner 1701-type civilian cruiser that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the fleet led by Galactica. It was guided through the passage to the Algae planet by Captain Louanne Katraine and was later scuttled in the Sol system.
Cloud 9Cloud 9 was a luxury liner that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and became an entertainment hub and meeting place for the Quorum of Twelve. It was destroyed by a thermonuclear blast over New Caprica, taking several other ships with it.
Clymene: civilian ship of the FleetClymene was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica. Its population took part in the presidential election held among the survivors.
Colonial OneColonial One was a civilian passenger liner that became the official residence and workplace of the President of the United Colonies of Kobol after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Formerly Colonial Heavy 798, it served as the seat of the surviving government throughout the search for Earth.
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.
Cybele: the freighter that fled GemenonThe Cybele was a Colonial freighter that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Escaping Gemenon with refugees during the Zero Hour, it joined the fleet that gathered near Caprica and carried among its passengers a hidden humanoid Cylon.
Cylon TransportThe Cylon Transport was a faster-than-light support ship used by the Cylons after their technological evolution in the years following the Cylon War. The refugee fleet encountered the type twice during its exodus.
Daru MozuDaru Mozu was a civilian tylium refinery ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies with the Galactica-led refugee fleet. Critical to the fleet's fuel supply, it survived a terrorist bombing before its refining facilities were lost, leaving Hitei Kan as the fleet's last refinery.
Dashur: civilian ship of the refugee FleetDashur was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the refugee fleet. Carrying roughly seven hundred souls, its passengers took part in the Colonial presidential election held about a year after the Fall.
Defender-classThe Defender-class was a type of Colonial fleet escort warship that served from the First Cylon War through to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Over its long career some examples were sold to non-military operators.
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.
Demeter-typeThe Demeter-type was a class of Colonial escort vessel and a sister class to the Orion-class. Carrying battlestar-grade weaponry and an even heavier secondary battery, the Demeter-type was among the largest heavy-hitters in the Colonial support fleet despite being far smaller than a Jupiter-class battlestar.
DemetriusDemetrius was a sewage recycling ship in the refugee fleet that Admiral Adama quietly assigned to Kara Thrace for her mission to find a route back to Earth.
Embla Brokk: civilian ship of the FleetEmbla Brokk was a civilian vessel that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica. Its population took part in the presidential election contested between Laura Roslin and Gaius Baltar.
EnkiduThe Enkidu was a civilian Astral Queen-type prisoner transport that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the refugee fleet. It sided with President Roslin during the schism over Kobol and later ran a dense star cluster on a skeleton crew to reach a food source.
Faru SadinThe Faru Sadin was a civilian vessel that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and the Exodus from New Caprica, remembered as the last ship guided through a deadly star cluster, a passage that cost the pilot Kat her life.
Freighter 212: home ship of the pilot KatFreighter 212 was a civilian ship that survived the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons. It was the home vessel of Louanne Katraine, the pilot known as Kat, before she joined the Galactica Combat Air Group.
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.
GalacticaGalactica 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.
Gemenon Liner 1701Gemenon Liner 1701 was a civilian cruiser operated by Gemenon Liners and the namesake of her type. After the Fall she drifted powerless until Colonial One found her and her passengers were rescued.
Gemenon TravelerThe Gemenon Traveler was a bulk cargo vessel that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies as part of the Fleet. She is best remembered as the ship aboard which the Cylon infiltrator Leoben Conoy was found, interrogated, and finally ejected into space.
Gemini-typeThe Gemini-type was a large Colonial container freighter that joined the refugee fleet after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. A long central hull hung with external cargo pods, it survived the passage to the Algae Planet before being scuttled.
GideonThe Gideon was a civilian cargo ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies by joining the refugee fleet under Galactica's protection. It became the site of the Gideon Massacre, when a confrontation with troops sent to confiscate its cargo turned deadly.
GreenleafGreenleaf was a freighter that fled the Cyrannus star system with the refugee fleet. A Cylon attack that breached its hull set in motion the hostage crisis aboard Cloud Nine.
Heavy RaiderThe Heavy Raider was an FTL-capable Cylon craft introduced with the renewed war on humanity, combining the roles of troop transport and gunship. Armored, windowless, and brain-piloted, it ferried Centurions to the colonies and later carried both Cylon assaults and a rebel alliance with the Colonial fleet.
Hexare: civilian ship of the refugee FleetHexare was a civilian ship that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica. Carrying roughly four hundred and thirty one souls, its passengers took part in the Colonial presidential election held about a year after the Fall.
Hitei KanHitei Kan was a Daru Mozu-type tylium refinery ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and became vital to the fuel supply of the refugee fleet led by Galactica.
Hornet-type: the Colonial escort warshipThe Hornet-type was a class of warship used by the Colonial Fleet during the First Cylon War. A sister design of the Alert-type, it carried a pair of delta wings and an open flight deck for Raptors, and was more heavily armed than its sister class.
Inchon VelleThe Inchon Velle was a civilian vessel that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the Fleet, notable as the ship that carried the medical specialists the survivors turned to in their hours of need.
Jupiter-classThe Jupiter-class was a line of battlestar that served the Colonial Fleet for nearly its entire history. Uniquely built around un-networked computers, the class was largely immune to Cylon infiltration, and one of its number, Galactica, was the last to survive the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Kimba HutaKimba Huta was a civilian SCT-type shuttle that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the Galactica-led refugee fleet. It held the fleet's last stockpiles of meat and was briefly used by Tom Zarek to hide President Roslin during her conflict with Commander Adama.
Loki-typeThe Loki-type was a Colonial heavy cruiser that served as a fleet support ship during the Cylon War. Lightly armed and built for resupply, it carried munitions, goods, and spare parts to combat ships and battlestar groups.
MajahualMajahual was a Monarch-type mining vessel that joined the Galactica-led fleet after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. While mining a tylium-rich asteroid field, it was terrorized by the lone Cylon Raider known as Scar.
McConnell: supply ship raided for the black marketMcConnell was a supply ship within the refugee fleet. It was one of several vessels secretly raided by Commander Jack Fisk, who siphoned off high value goods to build a personal stockpile that he traded on the Fleet's black market.
Mercury-classThe Mercury-class was the most advanced battlestar fielded by the Colonial Fleet, developed roughly two decades before the Fall to supplement and eventually replace the aging Jupiter-class. Its heavy networking proved its undoing when the Cylons attacked.
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.
MonarchThe Monarch was a mining vessel that joined the Galactica-led ragtag fleet after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, surviving the long exodus until it was scuttled in the Sol System.
Olympic CarrierThe Olympic Carrier was a Gemenon Liner civilian cruiser that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies with the refugee fleet, only to be destroyed on suspicion of carrying a Cylon nuclear device five days after the exodus began.
Orion-classThe Orion-class was a class of Colonial assault ships developed decades before the First Cylon War. Armed with battlestar-grade kinetic weapons on a compact hull and fitted with the most advanced stealth coating in the Colonial Navy, it earned the affectionate nickname "pocket battlestar" and served chiefly as a reconnaissance and espionage vessel.
OsirisThe Osiris was an Orion-class assault ship of the Colonial Fleet during the First Cylon War. Nicknamed the "pocket battlestar," she sacrificed herself ramming a Cylon basestar over the ice planet Djerba as part of the Ghost Fleet Offensive.
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.
PegasusPegasus was a Mercury-class battlestar and one of the most advanced warships in the Colonial Fleet. With Galactica it was one of only two capital ships to survive the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, serving under Rear Admiral Helena Cain before its destruction during the exodus from New Caprica.
Perseus-typeThe Perseus-type was a Colonial freighter that operated during the interwar period and the Second Cylon War. At least two ships of the type joined the Galactica-led refugee fleet after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Picon 26: ship of the refugee convoyPicon 26 was a colonial ship that survived the initial Cylon attack during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined President Roslin's refugee fleet. Its captain protested the decision to abandon the ships that lacked faster than light drives.
Prometheus: civilian freighter and black market hubPrometheus was a civilian cargo ship that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the Galactica-led fleet. For a time it served as the fleet's black market hub, where illicit goods of every kind could be bought and sold.
PyxisPyxis was a Gemenon Liner 1701-type civilian cruiser that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the fleet led by Galactica. It was destroyed in a Cylon ambush in the Ionian Nebula when a Raider crashed into its sublight drive.
Ragnar AnchorageRagnar Anchorage was a Colonial Fleet supply depot in orbit of the gas giant Ragnar. Semi-abandoned by the time of the Fall, it became the rallying point where Galactica and the civilian fleet rearmed before fleeing into deep space.
Resurrection HubThe Resurrection Hub was the central computer processing facility of the Cylon Fleet, the installation that made resurrection technology work. Every resurrection ship depended on its signal, so its destruction ended Cylon immortality for good.
Resurrection ShipA Resurrection Ship was an FTL-capable Cylon vessel that extended the reach of the resurrection network, downloading the consciousness of dying Cylons into new bodies far beyond the range of the Resurrection Hub.
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.
Rising StarThe Rising Star was a Colonial hospital ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the ragtag fleet led by Battlestar Galactica, serving as the convoy's principal medical vessel.
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.
Salpica: civilian ship of the FleetSalpica was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica. Its population took part in the presidential election, and the ship later housed Samuel Anders before he moved aboard Galactica.
Scorpia Traveller: civilian ship of the FleetScorpia Traveller was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica. More than two weeks after the attack it docked with Galactica, and a Number Five Cylon used the crowd of disembarking civilians to slip aboard the battlestar for a suicide bombing.
SCT-typeThe SCT-type was a series of standardized Colonial transport ships developed during the First Cylon War. At least three SCT-type vessels survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by President Roslin.
ScyllaThe Scylla was a civilian freighter, lead ship of the Scylla-type, picked up by the Battlestar Pegasus after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Admiral Cain stripped it for spare parts, drafted its useful crew, and abandoned the hull as she pursued the Cylons.
StrikerStriker was a Colonial Celestra-type research vessel that traveled with the refugee fleet. It collided with the fuel tanker Daru Mozu shortly after the fleet discovered Kobol.
Tauranian TravellerThe Tauranian Traveller was a civilian ship in President Laura Roslin's refugee fleet. In the days after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies its captain tried to abandon the fleet, only to be forced back into formation by Galactica's Vipers. It survived to take part in the election that led to New Caprica.
The ColonyThe Colony was a massive space station the Cylons built around the original ship of the Final Five after the First Cylon War, serving as their de facto homeworld. It was destroyed when Galactica raided it to recover the child Hera and it was driven into the accretion disc of a naked singularity.
Thera SitaThera Sita was a civilian SCT-type shuttle that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the Galactica-led refugee fleet. It took part in the New Caprica elections, and some of its passengers later fell ill with Mellorak infection after transit through the passage.
Tora Bashiri: civilian ship of the FleetTora Bashiri was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica. Its population took part in the presidential election held among the survivors.
Transport 06: the shuttle that carried Adama to GalacticaTransport 06 was a military SCT-type shuttle of the Colonial Fleet. It carried the young Ensign William Adama to his first assignment aboard the battlestar Galactica.
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.
Unknown Ship (Walden)The Unknown Ship was an unidentified civilian vessel that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies as part of a civilian fleet later encountered by the Battlestar Pegasus.
Valkyrie-classThe Valkyrie-class was one of the oldest classes of battlestar in Colonial service, a small and versatile warship believed to have served as a light strike and reconnaissance vessel from the Cylon War until the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Virgon Express-typeThe Virgon Express-type was a class of flattop maintenance vessel that traveled with the refugee fleet after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. A ship of the class was among the first vessels found by President Roslin's Colonial One.
Virgon ExpressThe Virgon Express was a maintenance vessel that joined the refugee fleet led by Galactica before it left the Cyrannus Star System. It survived an early Cylon sabotage of Galactica's water tanks and remained a regular presence in the fleet for years.
ZephyrThe Zephyr was an Intersun luxury liner and the largest civilian ship to survive the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, carrying the greatest number of survivors of any vessel in the fleet apart from the battlestars.