Virgon Express
the Colonial maintenance vessel
The 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.
The Virgon Express was a maintenance vessel of the Virgon Express-type that joined the refugee fleet led by the Battlestar Galactica before it left the Cyrannus Star System after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. (Battlestar Galactica, "Water")
History#
The Virgon Express joined the civilian fleet that gathered around Galactica in the aftermath of the Fall. A few days after the Fall, the ship came alongside Galactica to receive water supplies. While the two were connected via UNREP lines, a Cylon sabotage caused explosive decompression in Galactica's port-side water storage tanks, resulting in a massive leak of drinkable water. The Virgon Express stayed with the fleet afterwards and was still part of it many months later. (Battlestar Galactica, "Water"; Battlestar Galactica, "Downloaded")
Design#
The Virgon Express was a flattop maintenance ship with an FTL drive. It docked with Galactica upside down relative to the battlestar. The vessel lent its name to the Virgon Express-type, a class of flattop maintenance ships that served within the fleet. (Battlestar Galactica, "Water")
Frequently asked questions
- What was the Virgon Express?
- The Virgon Express was a flattop maintenance vessel of the Virgon Express-type that joined the refugee fleet led by the Battlestar Galactica before it left the Cyrannus Star System after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
- What happened during the Cylon sabotage involving the Virgon Express?
- A few days after the Fall, the Virgon Express came alongside Galactica to receive water supplies. While the two ships were connected via UNREP lines, a Cylon sabotage caused explosive decompression in Galactica's port-side water storage tanks, resulting in a massive leak of drinkable water.
- What happened to the Virgon Express after the water sabotage?
- It stayed with the fleet and was still part of it many months later.
- How is the Virgon Express connected to the Virgon Express-type class?
- The Virgon Express lent its name to the Virgon Express-type, a class of flattop maintenance ships that served within the fleet.
Sources
- EpisodeWater, Season 1, Episode 2 (2005)
- EpisodeDownloaded, Season 2, Episode 18 (2006)
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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.
Virgon Express-type
The 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.
Cylon
The Cylons were a race of sentient machines created as military robots by Graystone Industries on Caprica. Built from research into artificial consciousness, they rebelled against their human masters, fought a long war, and forty years later returned to annihilate humanity.
Cyrannus: the Colonies' four suns
Four stars in a double binary, Helios Alpha through Delta, holding all Twelve Colonies. Refugees from Kobol settled them two thousand years back.
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.
FTL drive: spool up and jump
Human and Cylon ships jumped instantly between points in space once the drive was spooled. Precise sums kept Galactica ahead of its pursuers.
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