Colonial One

Colonial One, formerly Colonial Heavy 798, was a Intersun Luxury Liners passenger liner. Following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, it became the official residence and workplace of the president of the United Colonies of Kobol.
==History==
In the hours leading up to the Fall, Colonial Heavy 798 departed from Caprica City to Galactica, transporting Secretary of Education Laura Roslin, the priestess Elosha and representatives of the media. The bombing of Caprica coincided with its journey back, and it and all other civilian ships were ordered to remain stationary in its space lane while combat broke out. With the Colonial defeat becoming a serious possibility, Roslin took control of the ship and ordered it to take on emergency work as a mobile aid station and, when Case Orange was enacted, became President. The ship, rechristened Colonial One, became the administrative basis of a refugee fleet created with the aide of Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii. When the Cylons discovered the fleet, half of the ships were left behind as all FTL-capable vessels received President Roslin's orders to evacuate to Ragnar. After rendezvousing with Galactica, the fleet departed the star system altogether in search of Earth. Though Galactica would coordinate military strategy, Colonial One was as much a target to the Cylons as any ship and, five days after the attacks, the ship was nearly destroyed by a missile.Battlestar Galactica 2004, episode: "33". In the second month after the attack, Colonial One was boarded by a Galactica Marine unit, when Commander Adama deemed President Roslin's orders to Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace to pose a threat to fleet security. 
After the discovery and colonization of New Caprica, Colonial One landed on the planet's surface and served as the residence and office of President Gaius Baltar. The following year, it was commandeered in the Cylon occupation as a joint-Baltar-Cylon chamber. During the liberation of New Caprica and the evacuation of its human population, Colonial One was recaptured by an armed force protecting Roslin and departed the colony with President Baltar left behind. With the loss of Cloud 9 just before colonization, Colonial One served the additional role of hosting a meeting with the Quorum of Twelve. These meetings ended during the mutiny on Galactica when Vice President Tom Zarek had a mutinous marine unit massacre the delegates after refusing to legitimize the mutiny. Colonial One was ultimately destroyed after finding a planet rechristened Earth. On Admiral Adama's orders, Galactica and the rest of the fleet were directed into its sun.
==Behind the Scenes==
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*A redress of Space Shuttles cockpit was used for Colonials One's.
*Colonial One was originally conceived as a liner for 1200 people. Only later it was downscaled to fit Galactica's landing bay.
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*Although the call sign is based on the real-world United States protocol of referring to any Air Force, Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, or civilian aircraft as, respectively, "Air Force One", "Marine One", "Army One", "Navy One", "Coast Guard One" or "Executive One" when the President is aboard, Colonial One retains this moniker throughout the series, irrespective of the President's presence or absence and is never again referred to as Colonial Heavy 798, apart from during a flashback to before the holocaust; likewise, neither Galactica nor any other vessel adopts the name when the President is aboard.
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*In several shots from 1st Season, the Colonial One is seen adorned with the seal of the President of the United Colonies on the port side of the "hump".
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== Gallery==
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Colonial One bay.png|A Mark II Viper and several of Galactica's electric pulse generators.
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Kg cg colonial1 007.webp|CGI RenderColonial One by ZOIC
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ColonialOneConcept.jpg|Concept Art by Richard C. LivingstonColonial one concept
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==Sources==
Category:Colonial Ships
Category:The Fleet