One thing I like about the new Battlestar TV series was the way they showcase different classes of ships and fighters, as it is with the current modern Navy. Unlike the old TV series, most of the colonial military used the same class of ships (probably to save cost) which doesn't give much variants to the series.
The Battlestar Valkryie was a modern Battlestar that currently serves as the Colonies Front Line of Defence. It was Admiral Adama's ship before he was given the Galactica, as a form of demotion to commandeer a Battlestar for the last time as the Galactica en routes to New Caprica to be decommissioned as a Museum.
Some background as explained by Battlestar Wiki:
Valkyrie was a Colonial Battlestar, belonging to Battlestar Group 41, under the command of William Adama before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. The ship's class is not known.
Approximately six years before the Cylon attack, Valkyrie had been ordered by Admiral Peter Corman to deploy a stealth recon ship over the Armistice Line to test Cylon resolve and gather intelligence on Cylon activities. During the mission, an unidentified DRADIS contact (presumed to have been a spacecraft) entered the area of the stealth ship piloted by Lieutenant Daniel Novacek and damaged the Stealthstar's engines before jumping away.
Two further (presumed Cylon) contacts were detected on an intercept course with the stealth ship. Rather than attempt a rescue of the disabled craft, Commander Adama ordered the stealth ship to be destroyed to prevent its discovery and capture.
In the days and years following the incident at the Armistice Line, and in particular after the Cylon attack on the Colonies, Adama came to believe that his actions had provoked the Cylon assault, having "proved" to them that humanity was aggressive and not to be trusted (TRS: "Hero").
The Battlestar Valkryie was a modern Battlestar that currently serves as the Colonies Front Line of Defence. It was Admiral Adama's ship before he was given the Galactica, as a form of demotion to commandeer a Battlestar for the last time as the Galactica en routes to New Caprica to be decommissioned as a Museum.
Some background as explained by Battlestar Wiki:
Valkyrie was a Colonial Battlestar, belonging to Battlestar Group 41, under the command of William Adama before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. The ship's class is not known.
Approximately six years before the Cylon attack, Valkyrie had been ordered by Admiral Peter Corman to deploy a stealth recon ship over the Armistice Line to test Cylon resolve and gather intelligence on Cylon activities. During the mission, an unidentified DRADIS contact (presumed to have been a spacecraft) entered the area of the stealth ship piloted by Lieutenant Daniel Novacek and damaged the Stealthstar's engines before jumping away.
Two further (presumed Cylon) contacts were detected on an intercept course with the stealth ship. Rather than attempt a rescue of the disabled craft, Commander Adama ordered the stealth ship to be destroyed to prevent its discovery and capture.
In the days and years following the incident at the Armistice Line, and in particular after the Cylon attack on the Colonies, Adama came to believe that his actions had provoked the Cylon assault, having "proved" to them that humanity was aggressive and not to be trusted (TRS: "Hero").
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