Pegasus (TRS)

This article discusses the Mercury class battlestar from the Re-imagined Series. For the episode of the same name, see Pegasus (episode). For other meanings of Pegasus, see Pegasus (disambiguation).

Pegasus (BS 62)
Race:	Colonial
Type:	Military
FTL:	Yes
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Crew:	Approximately 1,750
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CO:	Lee Adama (At time of loss)
XO:	Anastasia Dualla (At time of loss)
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Additional Information

Pegasus (BS 62) is a Mercury class battlestar, whose earliest-known commander was Rear Admiral Helena Cain.

More technologically advanced, and of far greater size and firepower than the decommissioned Galactica, Pegasus had been presumed destroyed in the Cylon attack . In actuality it survived, reunited with Galactica and the civilian fleet, and served a significant role in the Colonial struggle for survival until the exodus from New Caprica.

In the Extended Cut of the episode "Pegasus" Admiral Cain states that the ship is nearly twice the size of Galactica, but needs only half the crew. This probably refers to either the dual landing bays or the ship's volume, but not its length. The decreased manpower requirement stems from increased computerization and automation. This is also evident in the comparatively small size of the Pegasus CIC.

History

Pegasus taking heavy fire

Pegasus firing her forward batteries

While Pegasus had the Command Navigation Program installed, which the Cylons used as a backdoor, Pegasus had just checked in to the Scorpian Fleet Shipyards for a three-month refit at the time of the Cylon attack. As such, almost all of its networked computer systems were offline. As a result, the Cylons were not able to immobilize the ship using computer infiltration. Combined with the sheer luck of the multiple targets that the Cylons enjoyed, the nuclear detonations temporarily blinded the Cylon DRADIS. Her options limited, Admiral Cain ordered her ship to randomly jump without a coordinates check.

While saving the battlestar, the risky blind jump was not the end of their troubles. An indeterminate amount of time later, a Cylon agent known as Gina allowed a party of Cylon Centurions to board the ship, resulting in approximately 700 deaths. When Gina was discovered, she killed 7 men before she was subdued. Once imprisoned, Pegasus's commander instituted a new policy of Cylon interrogation for Gina: by brutal gang-rape.

After their escape, Pegasus occupied itself with hit-and-run attacks on various Cylon assets. It participated in a bold assault on a staging area filled with fifteen squadrons of Raiders. When Cain's long-time Executive officer Jurgen Belzen expressed hesitancy to launch the ships' fighters against such odds, Cain publicly executed him on the bridge and promoted Jack Fisk to replace him. Fisk tells this story (and later recants it) while drunk to Colonel Tigh, which Tigh believed to be true when he recounts it in turn to Commander Adama.

Some time later, Pegasus discovered that a Cylon fleet it was tracking appeared to be jumping, not randomly, but to systems with natural resources. The battlestar accidentally encounters the Fleet led by Galactica when it jumps ahead to scout the Cylon target's projected next position (as it turned out, the Cylons were jumping to systems Galactica had passed through or explored). Cain assumes overall command of the Fleet and begins transferring supplies and many personnel between the two battlestars, including Captain Lee Adama and Lieutenant Kara Thrace. Cain appears unconcerned with the needs of the civilians and their ships, a problem noted to Commander Adama by President Laura Roslin.

Chief Tyrol mentions during his interrogation by Colonel Saul Tigh that he served aboard a number of battlestars in his military career, including Pegasus (Resistance). If Admiral Cain ever knew him during this time, she makes no mention of it, and has no reservations sentencing him and Karl Agathon to death when they inadvertently kill Lieutenant Alastair Thorne, Cain's chief "Cylon interrogator". William Adama refuses to permit the execution, precipitating an armed standoff between the two ships (Pegasus).

The battlestar commanders later set aside their animosity and join forces to successfully destroy a Cylon Resurrection Ship. However in the midst of celebration, Cain is killed by Gina, who escapes from the battlestar (Resurrection Ship, Part II).

Admiral Cain is succeeded by Jack Fisk, who in turn is murdered after running afoul of the Fleet's illicit black market (Black Market). Pegasus is briefly commanded by engineer-turned-commander Barry Garner, who dies saving the ship during the Battle of the Binary Star System. Pegasus's final commander is Lee Adama, with his wife Anastasia Dualla later serving as his XO.

Pegasus becomes unofficially known as "The Beast" within the Fleet, although it is not known if the nickname comes from her tenacity in combat or the battlestar's sordid crew history (The Captain's Hand).

A Lost Civilian Fleet

It is later revealed that Pegasus originally had its own small fleet of 15 civilian ships, found about a week after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. The tiny caravan was equipped with FTL drives and weapons. Rather than defending them (as Galactica had at Ragnar Anchorage), Admiral Cain saw them as potential spare parts for Pegasus, and decided that Pegasus's military needs were a priority over them. The civilian ships were stripped for parts, including their weapons and FTL drives, marooning them and leaving them completely at the mercy of the Cylons when Cain left.

However not all of the civilians were left to die. After looking over the passenger lists, Cain selected those civilians who she thought would be of value (such as Peter Laird, an aeronautical engineer), forcibly drafting them into her crew. However, fifteen 'selectees' aboard the civilian transport Scylla were traveling with their families and refused to leave without them. Admiral Cain ordered her marines to kill two families (men, women, and children) to shock the rest into submission. Pegasus then abandoned the civilian ships to pursue Admiral Cain's campaign of hit-and-run attacks against Cylon forces (Resurrection Ship, Part I).

New Caprica

Following the founding of New Caprica, Pegasus is assigned to the Orbital Defense Force that protects the planet. During this time, Commander Lee Adama keeps an emergency supply of medication aboard for the pilots, despite the fact that their crew are severely depleted due to colonization of the planet. One year after the founding the colony, the Cylons return in force. Unable to defend the planet, Pegasus and the remaining ships orbiting the planet jump away (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II).

Four months later, Pegasus and Galactica plan a rescue mission to recover the people left on the planet (Occupation). While the plans initially called for the involvement of Pegasus in the recovery, Admiral Adama decides that the remnants of the Fleet, the last free people of humanity, should not be left unprotected if things went awry. Adama takes Galactica in the rescue effort without Pegasus, ordering his son to stay with the Fleet at a rendezvous point to await their return ("Precipice", "Exodus, Part I").

Despite Adama's orders, Pegasus leaves her fighters to protect the remains of the Fleet and returns to New Caprica to participate in the rescue. Pegasus jumps into the fight and finds Galactica under fire from four Cylon basestars. Pegasus destroys one of the baseships with her forward batteries and attracts the attention of the others while Galactica repairs its FTL drive and prepares to jump away.

Pegasus reels from the onslought of missiles from the remaining Cylon basestars. It becomes clear to Admiral Adama that Pegasus's trip was one-way. Following Galactica's jump, Commander Adama sets his battlestar's batteries on auto-fire and orders the crew to abandon ship, pausing just long enough to give his dying command a quiet thanks. As the evacuation Raptors jump away, Pegasus, now completely unmanned, collides with a basestar, destroying it. As Pegasus explodes, the remains of her starboard flight pod collides with another basestar, destroying it as well (Exodus, Part II).

Equipment

Pegasus had built in electronic countermeasure (ECM) generators as it deviates missiles away from the ship (Resurrection Ship, Part II).

Pegasus also had Viper Mark VII production facilities (Scar). This is a capability that would allow the ship to be self sufficient on extended deployments, so long as the battlestar has sufficient means to gather the raw materials necessary for construction.

Air Wing

See also: Squadrons of Galactica

Pegasus operates at least four Viper Mark VII squadrons (prior to its demise):

• Red Squadron
• Yellow Squadron
• Green Squadron
• Blue Squadron

These squadrons are verbally identified in the episode "The Captain's Hand". It is possible that these designations are just wireless code names and not formal, standing squadrons, since on Galactica they have more elaborate names and are numbered; such as the Vigilantes. The colors and group leaders could be assigned on an ad-hoc basis, while a more formal structure exists in the background.

Crew

Senior Staff at Time of Destruction

• Commander Lee Adama - Commanding Officer
• Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla - Executive Officer
• Lieutenant Hoshi - Communications Officer

Former Members of the Senior Staff

• Admiral Helena Cain - Commanding Officer (Killed by Gina)
• Commander Jack Fisk - Commanding Officer (Killed by racketeers in the black market)
• Commander Barry Garner - Commanding Officer (Killed in action)
• Colonel Jurgen Belzen - Executive Officer (Presumably killed by Admiral Cain)
• Captain Cole Taylor - Commander, Air Group (Demoted by Admiral Cain)
• Captain Kara Thrace - Commander, Air Group (Replaced Cole Taylor in "Resurrection Ship, Part I" but transferred to Galactica in "The Captain's Hand")
• Lieutenant Alastair Thorne - Cylon Interrogator (Killed by Galen Tyrol)
• Peter Laird - Chief of the Deck (Civillian that was conscripted by Admiral Cain)

Notes

• According to David Eick's video blog, it would have been impossible to afford creating new sets for the entire interior of Pegasus on the budget of an episodic television show. This expense was circumvented when a year beforehand Ron D. Moore and David Eick bought (for next to nothing) the abandoned sets of the failed pilot for the FOX network's Lost In Space remake, directed by John Woo. The production team then held onto the sets hoping to find some later use for them, eventually using them for "Pegasus". The sets were then radically redesigned and painted to give them the aesthetic look of Galactica, but sleeker and more advanced.
• This ship is named after the winged horse from Greek mythology.

Related Imagery

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  Pegasus - Front view    

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  Pegasus - Vipers landing    

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  Pegasus - Gun batteries    

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  Pegasus - Next to Galactica    

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  Pegasus - Side angle    

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  Pegasus - Reverse side    

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  Pegasus flight pod turrets

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  A part of Pegasus's engine room.