Cylon Basestar
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The Basestar is the primary capital ship of the Cylons in the 1978 science fiction television series and movie Battlestar Galactica, and its subsequent re-imagining in the 2003 miniseries and 2004 television series.
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[edit] Battlestar Galactica (1978, 1980)
| Basestar | |
|---|---|
 Several Basestars |
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| First appearance | Saga of a Star World |
| Affiliation | Cylons |
| General Characteristics | |
| Fighters | Cylon Raiders |
| Armaments | Laser turrets Missile turrets Pulsars |
| Propulsion | Reactionless drive |
Basestars are considerably larger than Battlestars. They are about 5100 feet (0.97 miles, 1552m) in diameter. They can hold 300 Cylon raiders each and are able to enter the lower atmosphere of a planet. They are propelled by a reactionless drive that appears to make the ship spin slowly on its axis while engaged.
The Basestar has also been called a "Baseship" and a "Cylon Battlestar" in one episode, but "Basestar" conforms to the Colonial ship naming system. Unlike a combat-oriented Battlestar, a Basestar is intended to be a roving Cylon base that can perform planetary assault missions along with carrying fighters and ship-to-ship combat.
[edit] Armament
- Pulsars
- In the episode "The Hand of God", the Basestar is revealed to have two of these weapons on the upper saucer. Pulsars are a beam weapon more powerful than the average laser turret and meant purely for capital ship slugging matches. Battlestars usually attempt to approach Basestars from the lower saucer to avoid these weapons.
- Laser Turrets
- Like a Battlestar, Basestars have laser turrets that resemble the weapons of their fighters but on a larger scale. The laser turrets on Basestars are located at the tips of the "spokes" on both saucers and are considerably more powerful than the Colonial design.
- Missile Turrets
- These turrets were seen in the episode "The Living Legend Part 2" and they are located on the inner surfaces of both saucers.
[edit] Battlestar Galactica (2003, 2004–)
The Basestar, or Baseship is the primary capital ship of the Cylons within the re-imagining of the science fiction mini-series and television series Battlestar Galactica. They are different in appearance and function from the Basestars of the 1978 TV series.
The Basestar is designed to make FTL jumps and is equipped to deploy large-scale missile strikes with high-yield nuclear and conventional ordnance. Basestars are biomechanical entities, with fleshy "hangars" to house Raiders. Basestars are, however, capable of carrying other Cylon models within them.
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| Battlestar Galactica spaceships | |||
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| Colonial Military | |||
| Battlestars | Military Vessels | ||
| Galactica | Pegasus | Valkyrie | Viper | Raptor | Blackbird | Stealthstar | ||
| "The Fleet" | |||
| Astral Queen | Colonial One | Cloud 9 | Olympic Carrier | other.. | |||
| Cylon Vessels | |||
| Basestar | Raider | Heavy Raider | "Resurrection Ship" | |||
