Battlestar Galactica

Battlestar Galactica is a fictional space battleship in the science fiction television series of the same name. In the series, the Twelve Colonies built approximately 120 Battlestars during their thousand-year war with the Cylons, whose own battleships are known as Basestars. Battlestar Galactica (1978, 1980) Introduction One of an unspecified number of carrier type warcraft constructed by the Twelve Colonies of Man, the Battlestar Galactica is the flag vessel of the colonial planet Caprica. Galactica was launched more than 500 years before the close of the Thousand Yahren War which concluded during the events of the series pilot episode. It was believed to be the only Battlestar to survive the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, until Battlestar Pegasus briefly reappeared. The Galactica is commanded by Commander Adama.