Enkidu
a ship of the refugee fleet
The Enkidu was a civilian ship of the refugee fleet. It appears on the fleet's election tally boards and was among the first ships led through a radiation-soaked star cluster to reach an algae planet during a food shortage.
The Enkidu was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the refugee fleet led by Galactica. Fan references class it as a sister of the Astral Queen, but the series itself never describes the ship or its role. (Battlestar Galactica, "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II"; Battlestar Galactica, "The Passage")
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The Enkidu's name appears on the election tally boards aboard both Galactica and Colonial One when the fleet voted in the presidential election between Laura Roslin and Gaius Baltar, about a year after the Fall. (Battlestar Galactica, "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II")
During a food shortage, the fleet had to pass through a star cluster whose radiation blinded civilian ships to reach an algae planet, the only food source nearby. The Enkidu was among the first group of ships to make the crossing, each guided by a hardened Raptor, after people not needed to run it were moved to Galactica for safety. It came through and stayed with the fleet. (Battlestar Galactica, "The Passage")
Frequently asked questions
- What was the Enkidu in Battlestar Galactica?
- The Enkidu was a civilian ship that escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies with the refugee fleet. Fan references class it as a sister of the Astral Queen, but the series never describes it.
- Where is the Enkidu mentioned?
- Its name appears on the election tally boards on Galactica and Colonial One in Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II, and it is among the ships led through the star cluster in The Passage.
- What happened to the Enkidu during the food shortage?
- During a food shortage, the fleet had to pass through a radiation-soaked star cluster to reach an algae planet. The Enkidu was among the first ships to cross, guided by a Raptor, after its non-essential people were moved to Galactica.
Sources
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica, "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", Season 2, Episode 20 (2006)
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica, "The Passage", Season 3, Episode 10 (2006)
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Followed from this entry
Astral Queen
The Astral Queen was a former starliner converted into a Colonial prison transport that survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Its inmates rallied under Tom Zarek, kept control of the ship and made it a power base within the fleet.
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.
Fall of the Twelve Colonies
A single day of Cylon attack killed billions of people across Colonial space. Barely fifty thousand escaped in a refugee fleet.
Laura Roslin: the dying leader
Secretary of Education until the Cylon attack killed everyone above her. Sworn in as President, she became the dying leader of Colonial prophecy.
Raptor: the Fleet's workhorse
A sublight shuttle at the start of the First Cylon War, rebuilt over the interwar years into an FTL craft flying transport, recon and rescue.
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