The Mercury class battlestar is a pinnacle of Colonial Fleet naval engineering. Introduced in the Season 2, Episode 10 story "Pegasus" (First airdate, September 23, 2005) the Mercury-class battlestar purportedly drew its design inspiration from the TOS Galactica from the late 1970s. The battlestars were the main ship on the Infinite Empire Navy. Hello Devs, compared to the Jupiter class the Minerva is smaller but according to the description it is the design inspiration for the Mercury class. The Mercury Class Battlestars were fitted with an integrated command and control suite allowing a 50% reduction in crew size over a similarly sized Minerva Class Battlestar. Now Commander Roberts must fight to survive and a fight back Rated: Fiction T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 11,348 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 45 - Follows: 40 - Updated: 7/29/2010 - Published: 6/30/2010 - id: 6100073 Colonial Battlestar "Mercury" class (Battlestar Galactica - Re-Imagined): At the end of the original Cylon War, the original Battlestars were retained in service and were supplemented with newer Battlestars. Equipped with unprecedented armour and firepower, the Mercury is perhaps best known for its stacked inverted ventral flightpods for exceptional fighter support. Mercury is the Roman god of trade, profit and commerce; similar to the Greek god of Hermes.While the Colonial Lords of Kobol are modeled after the Greek pantheon, there … Pegasus, a Mercury-class. The Acropolis a mercury class battlestar, that reports to Nagala alone, manages to survive the attack. The Deputy Minister of Science will be aboard observing the testing of a top secret, experimental 'computer system'. Colonial Valkyrie - Support Battlestar The Mercury Class Battlestar was modeled after the retired Minerva Class Light Battlestar from the First Cylon War. The Mercury was presumably the namesake of the Mercury class battlestars.. A sister ship to battlestar Pegasus, the battlestar Mercury is likely one of many battlestars destroyed in the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.. Notes. The Class are listing in orders of how the Colonial built them. Unlike its technical predecessor, it sports a far more durable frame and armor plating, and boasts incredible firepower. Megaera is a brand new Mercury class Battlestar and she is currently preparing for an extended shakedown cruise. The cruise will not be an ordinary one, however. Pegasus and the Mercury class in general are larger more heavely armed and armoured then the Jupiter class is there any lore reason why the lighter and smaller Minerva class was used as inspiration? The ship survived until Season 3, Episode 4, "Exodus - Part II," … History of the Battlestar Megaera. List of Battlestar Classes and Battlestar of those Classes. Battlestar Columbia (3) and Refit Intended as a follow-on to the Mercury class, the Columbia class Battlestars paved the way for many of the technical innovations seen in the Nova class Command Battlestars. The Mercury-class battlestar were battle ships built by the Infinite Empire Shipyards. Their advanced systems caused numerous problems and production ended after only five ships in favor of the Cerberus, an updated Mercury. Almost all the bases and planets under the Infinite Empire control uses these ships. 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