Mercury-class

The Mercury-classBattlestar Galactica 2004, complementary podcast: "Pegasus". is a class of battlestar developed and used by the Colonial Fleet in the interwar period. Intended to supplement and eventually replace the aging Jupiter-class, the Mercury provided upgrades in virtually every category, from enhanced fighter carrying capacity to firepower.
==Design==
===Armament===
The Mercury class features impressive armament and armor, with the entire ship being covered with metal armor plating. Turrets are mounted around the ship, especially on its bow section and on its port and starboard sides. However, the class appears to be somewhat lacking in dorsal and ventral turrets, at least in comparison to the older Jupiter-class.
===Fighter Complement===
Mercury class ships carried a large complement of Viper space superiority fighters along with Raptor multipurpose craft. The exact amount able to be carried is unknown but presumed to be several squadrons (six to eight), judging by conversations in the show and the size of the Mercury class's flight pods, which were fixed (non-retracting) and dual-layered to allow pilots to launch and land on two sides. The Mercury-class also features fighter production facilities to allow it to produce spare parts for its fighter squadrons or even completely new fighters, even if detached from support ships, provided with the right materials.
===Computer Systems===
Not much is known about the computer systems of the Mercury-class; however, it is known that the class, as with most other Colonial military assets at the time of the Fall of the Colonies, was designed to rely heavily upon advanced computer systems and networks; the network functionality is described as allowing a person with the needed access to be able to control any part of the ship from any other. It is implied that at the time of the Fall, several ships of this class have already been upgraded with the new CNP with more to come. This proves to be the class's downfall - it is presumed that many ships of its class were destroyed during the attacks, and the only known surviving ship of its class, the Battlestar Pegasus, is forced to de-network its computers and revert to older software to keep its systems relatively safe from Cylon infiltration.
===Crew===
Despite its much larger size compared to the older Jupiter-class battlestar, thanks to its heavy automation the Mercury class only needs a crew complement of around 2800 people to function.
===Propulsion===
Ships of this class have 8 main rearwards-facing sub-light engines attached to their outer hull at the stern of the ship, four each on its dorsal and ventral surfaces, as well as having at least two FTL drives in sync for faster-than-light travel. Smaller maneuvering thrusters are also scattered in various places throughout the ship to allow for high maneuverability in combat scenarios, including two large bow-mounted forward-facing thrusters on the forward section of the alligator head.
==Known ships==
*Battlestar Pegasus BS-62 (Destroyed over New Caprica in 2 ACH)
==Behind the Scenes==
*At some point, a Raptor-sized launch tubes were visible on the CGI modelBattlestar Pegasus by ZOIC however, they were apparently removed from the finished model, as they do not appear in the show or any renders that use the finished models.
*Either by CGI error or design, during the liberation of New Caprica, Battlestar Pegasus spurs an additional secondary dual KEW batteryBattlestar Galactica 2004, wiki file: "Pegasus Mystery Weapon"..
==Gallery==
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==Unofficial Gallery==
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==Sources==
Category:Colonial Fleet_Battlestar_Classes
Category:Colonial Fleet_Ship_Classes