Striker
Celestra-type research ship
Striker was a Colonial Celestra-type research vessel that traveled with the refugee fleet. It collided with a fuel tanker shortly after the fleet discovered Kobol.
Striker was a Colonial Celestra-type research vessel that traveled with the refugee fleet led by Galactica. It is chiefly remembered for a collision with a fuel tanker, usually identified as the Daru Mozu, that occurred shortly after the fleet discovered the mythical planet of Kobol. (Battlestar Galactica (miniseries); Battlestar Galactica, "Home, Part 1")
Design#
Striker was a research vessel built on the Celestra-type hull, measuring 499.0 meters in length with a beam of 193.3 meters and a height of 176.4 meters. It carried a single hangar bay and was driven by a sublight engine with maneuvering thrusters, and it was equipped with a faster-than-light drive. These measurements come from the effects model rather than anything stated on screen. (Battlestar Galactica (miniseries); Battlestar Galactica, "Home, Part 1")
Collision with the tanker#
Striker sided with Commander Adama's portion of the fleet during the brief split between the military and Roslin's supporters. A couple of days after the ragtag fleet found the mythical planet of Kobol, Striker collided with a fuel tanker during an unrep while Captain George "Catman" Birch was performing the role of CAG for Galactica. Although Striker itself appeared largely undamaged, the tanker's wireless went silent and it entered an uncontrolled spin following the collision, forcing Galactica to dispatch a repair team to the stricken vessel. Striker is not seen again, and it does not appear on the later election tally board, so its fate is unknown. (Battlestar Galactica, "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2"; "Home, Part 1")
Frequently asked questions
- What was the Striker?
- Striker was a Colonial Celestra-type research vessel that traveled with the refugee fleet led by Galactica. It measured roughly 499 meters in length and carried a single hangar bay.
- What happened to the Striker near Kobol?
- A couple of days after the fleet found the mythical planet of Kobol, Striker collided with a fuel tanker during an unrep while Captain George Birch was serving as CAG for Galactica.
- Was the Striker damaged in the collision?
- Only lightly. Striker appeared largely undamaged, but the tanker's wireless went silent and it entered an uncontrolled spin after the collision, forcing Galactica to dispatch a repair team to the stricken vessel.
Sources
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica (miniseries), Miniseries, Parts 1 and 2 (2003)
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica, "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2", Season 1, Episode 13 (2005)
- EpisodeBattlestar Galactica, "Home, Part 1", Season 2, Episode 6 (2005)
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Followed from this entry
Celestra
Celestra was a Colonial deep space research vessel that carried human refugees away from the Cyrannus star system after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Daru Mozu
Daru 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, though by the later seasons the Hitei Kan was called the fleet's only refinery.
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.
Kobol: humanity's lost homeworld
Kobol was the ancestral home of the Twelve Tribes, abandoned for two thousand years. The fleet found the Tomb of Athena there, and with it the way to Earth.
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