Mineral Ship
Colonial mining cruiser
The 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 of the 1978 series on its long search for Earth.
The Mineral Ship was a Colonial mining craft from the original 1978 series, able to land on a planet and extract its resources without the need to establish a permanent mining operation. Mineral ships traveled with the refugee fleet on its long search for Earth. (Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Saga of a Star World")
Design and capabilities#
The Mineral Ship was a mining craft capable of planetary landing, letting the fleet draw resources directly from a planet without the labor of building a fixed mining settlement. The series gives no figures for its crew, cargo or armament, and like the rest of the civilian fleet it relied on Galactica and its Vipers for protection. (Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Saga of a Star World")
Service with the fleet#
Early in the search for Earth, Commander Adama ordered the landing of mineral ships on Carillon, a planet rich in tylium, to begin extracting the fuel the fleet needed. The mining operation turned out to be part of a trap, as Carillon's casino resort was a front for the Ovions and their Cylon allies. (Battlestar Galactica (1978), "Saga of a Star World")
Frequently asked questions
- What was a Mineral Ship?
- A Mineral Ship was a Colonial mining craft in the ragtag fleet of the original 1978 series, able to land on a planet and extract its resources without the need to establish a permanent operation.
- How were Mineral Ships used by the fleet?
- Early in the search for Earth, Commander Adama ordered the fleet's mineral ships to land on Carillon to begin extracting tylium, the fuel the fleet badly needed.
Sources
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica (1978), "Saga of a Star World", Season 1, Episode 1 (1978)
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