The only ship which is seen to have them - or even referred to as having them - is the Pegasus from 'The Living Legend, Part 2'. It is not known whether all Battlestars had missiles or whether only some did. The only example of their use is in The Living Legend, Part 2, where they are fired at the same time as, and often confused with, the forward lasers. These heavy missiles give a Battlestar enough firepower to utterly destroy at least two Basestars. When the Galactica attacks a Baseship in "The Hand of God" Commander Adama explicitly states that they have reconfigured their lasers to be able to attack the Baseship and showing that they are not a standard mode of weaponry. It is not known whether all Battlestars had these lasers or not. They are orange-colored beam weapons solely for capital ship use. The forward lasers have only been seen in The Living Legend Part 2 and The Hand of God and are often confused with anti-ship missiles because they use the same graphics. These weapons however lack the power to significantly damage capital ships. Their barrels are smaller and closer together. They are flatter and thinner in appearance and track much faster. Above each anti-ship turret is an anti-fighter turret. They have longer barrels than other turrets. One, the anti-ship type, is a slow-tracking heavy turret found along the outer edge of both hangar bays. The laser turrets are essentially the same weapon as a Viper's laser cannon based on appearances alone. The fuel for a Battlestar and its Vipers is called tylium which can be found only on certain planets. Given the large dimensions of the ship design there is an internal rail car system to transport personnel, especially in the event of a battle alert. Later in same episode the Cylons on Carillon estimate the Galactica's Viper pilot complement at 200 and in "The Hand of God" Adama tells his pilots they will be outnumbered 2 to 1 by the Basestar's 300 Raiders (the Galactica squadrons having been reinforced by fighters evacuated from the Pegasus). The exact number of fighters deployed by each Battlestar is unclear although the Galactica recovers at least 69 in "Saga of Star World" including some from other Battlestars which had been destroyed. Each hangar bay typically carries many Viper Starfighters and several unarmed shuttles which can deploy armed Landram armoured vehicles. The hull is divided into the main hull with the bridge and propulsion systems, and winged hangar bays on the port and starboard sides. 2 Battlestar Galactica (reimagined series)īattlestar Galactica (1978–1980) General information īattlestars are the premier capital ships, effectively the space equivalent of aircraft carriers, of the 12 Colonies of Man but also combining some attributes of battleships Battlestars have fought for at least five hundred yahren in the Thousand Yahren War against the Cylon Alliance.
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